One more quick post on the subject of Tha Gates -
FIRST, check out CF McMuller's photo-essay "Uninvited K9 Collaborations with Christo and Jean-Claude," which includes helpful diagrams as well as K9 desecrations of Christo's 'long-awaited' installation. Whoa, this post was also linked to by one of Nick "Blogpimp" Denton's bloghookers, nice!
SECOND, enjoy the Christo-themed entry from the Roy Orbison-in-clingfilm fan fiction site that was linked to several months ago by Crude Futures and that coincidentally just today been linked to on the WFMU blog:
The Mayor explains to the crowd that this bold experiment will put us at the forefront of conceptual art. There are interested mutters. My mouth is dry as I take out my clingfilm and begin to wrap Roy Orbison in it.
I wrap more carefully than ever before. Not merely personal gratification but civic pride is at stake. The sunlight glints on the translucent triumph of science. The faint rasp as I unspool it sends delirious brightly coloured butterflies flocking through my stomach. I am like a tailor of the elves bedecking him in a shimmering suit of some magical material. Soon, Roy Orbison stands before all of Dusseldorf wrapped up in clingfilm. Silent white light floods my whole being and I become one with the universe.
'Fellow burghers!' I cry. 'Behold! Roy Orbison is completely wrapped in cling-film!'...
THIRD, enjoy the rest of the Roy Orbison in clingfilm fan fiction!!