My first thought as it was downloading: it looks like a one-eyed cat that was smashed in the face with a skillet.

     by Kate on March 14, 2005 at 5:57 am

I think it looks kind of cool. If it were black with the metal (at least it looks metal) thing around the hole red… It’d look like something taken out of Red Alert.

As I typed hole (associations fly in all directions)…
www.imdb.com/title/tt0274518/
(this film features a holy sphincter, which is a vital part in choosing a gay mentor for the new gay dewomanized earth… if they had more money, I bet they’d get that thing in the picture.) It’s a funny film.

     by maQmIgh on March 14, 2005 at 8:00 am

For some reasons I think this sculpture is extremely interesting.. even wonderful from my point of view. Quite abstract.

As far as I know Tone Lapajne was an abstract artist, an academic sculptor. Some of his work in not only abstract, but can also be quite logical. So I’m guessing this has some meaning. But for some reasons I can’t see that meaning without further investigating a few aspects; why is the statue situated there, does it have a background, etc.

I’m quite intersted into art so I guess it’s normal that I find this piece quite absorbing

     by Katsumi on March 14, 2005 at 8:29 am

Yeah, I think it looks cool.

     by David Weman on March 14, 2005 at 11:53 am

Dude, Ar Pharazon was not (I repeat not) defeated by Sauron. Ar Pharazon tried to reach immortality by going to Valinor - and didn’t make it. His ships were sunk by the Vala.

But enough of nerdy Silmarillion details. The monument looks cool to me.

     by Rockz on March 14, 2005 at 12:54 pm

I think the picture does it more justice than it actually is. When the sky is grey and you can see the surroundings (mostly concrete apartment blocks) the effect is depressing. To me at any rate. It reminds me of a prop from a cheap fantasy film, like Barbarian Chop 6: The Slashening.

NERD MODE ON

You’re right that Sauron didn’t defeat Ar Pharazon, but he did trick him into going to Valinor in the first place. I thereby claim a win by technical knock-out.
/NERD MODE OFF

     by Michael M. on March 14, 2005 at 1:16 pm

That is surely one of the coolest-looking blocks of concrete I have seen. It just edges out the [lampost-like objects that have chairs instead of lights] that I see on my way to University.

You just need to take a picture of that monument, put a couple of yellow beams eminating from it, a big sun right above it and a line that says “CALLING THE CHILDREN OF THE SERPENT GOD” or something and you have yourself a fine cover for a CD/film/things that need covers.

     by JS on March 14, 2005 at 2:49 pm

THAT SCULPTURE MAKES ME WANT TO HARM MYSELF AND OTHERS.

     by AnGrY on March 14, 2005 at 3:01 pm

It reminds me of Dr. Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs
Do you mean these yellow chairs?
members.lycos.co.uk/insanityphotos/photo/MB/mb1.jpg

     by Jernej on March 14, 2005 at 3:22 pm

Chacun a son gout, but I’m with Michael here. That thing looks nasty.

Michael said “triumph over”. Sauron totally triumphed over Ar-Pharazon. And even if he hadn’t, he would still put up a memorial claiming he had. He was kind of a dick that way.

Doug M.

Doug M.

     by Doug Muir on March 14, 2005 at 3:29 pm

OK, I’m defeated. Now Michael and Doug can build a monument celebrating their triumph.

     by Anonymous on March 14, 2005 at 3:59 pm

you should see the latest ugly from Bucharest though. They call the thing the statue of revolution.

     by Dragos on March 14, 2005 at 4:42 pm

It reminds me of some weird cartoon or game character with pointy ears. Can’t place it, though. I thought it was at homestaruner, but it isn’t. Oh well.

As for the nerd moments, you gotta love them! In case you guys haven’t settled your differences, maybe it’s time to take it outside.

     by crni on March 14, 2005 at 6:00 pm

Makes you wonder, what goes on in the mind of such an artist, to create such a thing in the first place. Furthermore, what went through the minds of the ppl who put such a bizarre sculpcture into such a strange setting.

     by nicjasno on March 14, 2005 at 6:48 pm

alcohol?
drugs?
both?

     by cookie on March 14, 2005 at 8:00 pm

Bullshit. It’s just one of those mind-control devices you can see in any of (y)our beloved totalitarian states, which are cleverly masked as monuments and plaques to different heroes, events, or idea(l)s.

     by Dr. Kruegell on March 14, 2005 at 10:08 pm

No way, we have the ugliest in the world here in Lisbon, to celebrate the 1974 revolution that instaured democracy in Portugal:
cidadaodomundo.no.sapo.pt/images/Cutileiro.jpg
Now what the hell is THAT? Anyone?

     by Anonymous on March 15, 2005 at 2:26 am

Forgot to sign. Cheers

     by Pedro on March 15, 2005 at 2:28 am

It the work of the devil I tell ya. Sacrifice a virgin just to be safe
PS: we all know there is no such thing as /NERD MODE OFF.

     by CCfly on March 15, 2005 at 3:02 am

The sculpture kinda reminds me of
pacman - the famous old PC game.
Maybe it’s the new age of pacman

     by fxas on March 15, 2005 at 10:03 am

I am not a man of refined taste, but I kinda like it.

     by lemuel on March 15, 2005 at 9:25 pm

Cool in some weird way. Would have preferred a sculpture of Sauron’s Helmet (yes, the one he wore on his head). Hang on for a sec… Maybe it IS Sauron’s… Ahh, never mind. It does look like something evil, though. At least now I know where to have the new band promo pics taken.*Broad grin*

     by Arf on March 16, 2005 at 3:25 am

crni, perhaps you’re thinking of Sonic the Hedgehog?

It’s a wonderful welders’ mask(once you put the protective transparency in) for a cyclops who is also bat-eared.

     by The Dark Avenger on March 16, 2005 at 8:16 am

For all of you looking for a simbolic meaning. The sculpture clearly represents a bird asking to be fed.

Remember, it’s in Maribor.

     by seka on March 22, 2005 at 9:52 am

thank god it’s in Maribor, i don’t want to see it in ljubljana

     by michael on March 27, 2005 at 1:13 pm

No no no. There is a sculpture in Melbourne, Australia which was moved from a glorious central location to an underpass on the seedy sign of town, after outraged Melbournians had a violent reaction it. Local inebriates made it their toilet. It strangely began to become part of the furniture (after a mere 20 years of controversy) and was relocated back into a less vomit-prone part of town. I won’t describe it because it is impenetrable. It is known as the Yellow Peril, despite its benign official title, Vault. Have a look! Read something about it’s reputation…

     by Whoa! on July 26, 2005 at 11:53 am

it is used in a Calvin and Hobbes strip

     by Anonymous on February 23, 2006 at 11:24 am