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Art and Government

by on Nov 12, 2008

Gussying up Parliament buildings in weird ways seems to be a uniquely
European pastime, (though I’d love to know if I’m wrong about that). The
most recent seat of power to get a funky art treatment is the Flemish
Parliament building in Brussels. Artist Arne Quinze has created The
Sequence
a 80 meter long and 15 meter high sculpture, in Brussels.

The blurb about it says “The symbolic and physical connection
between the neighbors, the Flemish Parliament and the House of Flemish
Representatives, reflects a possible connection between all people in
Brussels. Cross-culture connections, a connection with Europe, its
diversity and entity.” Which is nice and all, but mostly I was thinking OOOOOOh, pretty red trees.

The
German Parliament has also had an art treatment, Artists Christo and
Jeanne-Claude wrapped the Reichstag in fabric for two weeks back in
1995.

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And the British Houses of Parliament seem to be constantly used as a screen for projecting things onto, from bare bottoms

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to the thunderscats logo

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