Daily Archives for 26/11/2008

Corn Henge, well, not a henge so much

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A henge in nickname only, this one is included in honour of tomorrow, which is Thanksgiving in the States. Maize, or corn as its called in English-speaking America, is a traditional Thanksgiving food. Referred to jokingly by locals as Cornhenge, this monument may seem inexplicable, but here’s some ‘splainin‘. And here’s a brighter picture of it on Flickr.

As a Stonehenge replica, this can’t rate more than 3 druids, but as a piece of eccentric pseudo-megalithia, if we may coin a term, we think it rates pretty well. Oh, and happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate. Don’t forget to make a henge with your leftovers and send us a picture!

Doorhenge: temporary installation

A video for this post: some people from the collaborative production game SFZero came together to create a circle of door trilithons in a public but undisclosed location. Later videos show them dancing a victory dance as a policeman approaches, and then discussing the installation with the sceptical but tolerant copper.

The henge turns out pretty well, and its guerilla art quality  gains it points from me. 7½ druids for this daring performance henge!

Privy henge–Banksy’s take on the subject

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Photo by Puffo, with rights reserved according to Creative Commons.

This is a famous or perhaps infamous take on the henge idea by the street artist Banksy. If you don’t know who Banksy is, read this. He created this art installation for the Glastonbury music festival in 2007 and took his own picture of it, complete with druid. One wonders, did anyone use the portaloos while they were in the henge formation? To be inside a henge stone might in this case have been, well, a head-y experience.

More pictures of it here on Flickr. To his credit, Banksy called the work, “a pile of crap.” We appreciate his whimsy and we give it 7 druids, not counting the one he added himself.