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Who is the giant in front of Columbia University who holds his head in his hands? Is he crying because he's lost? Has his heart been broken? What about the other giant chained to the ground at 145th street? Or the frog across from Lincoln Center, twice the size of the princess lying on the bed next to him: Will he turn into a prince? These are scenes from Tom Otterness' installation of 25 large bronze sculptures along Broadway in New York in the winter of 2004/2005, from 168th street down to 59th street. This piece is a walking tour with the artist down Broadway. Along the way, he talks about the fairy tales that have inspired his work.
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Review of Bronze Fairy Tales on BroadwaySarah's piece shines the equivalent of an infrared light on a miles long section of upper Broadway in Manhattan. Hidden in plain view on the narrow boulevard along Broadway's wide expanse are fairy tale sculptures, from 71st street on up to 146th street. These sculptures exist with little explanation, and this piece shines it's light on one enormous bronze after another. These fairy tale sculptures from sculptor Tom Otterness tell stories in their symbolic language about human culture. Sarah takes us on a walk with the artist as he lovingly cleans his works. He explains the significance of each piece, both from his midwestern perspective and from that of his artwork's intended viewers. The piece is simple, mostly the artist's voice with an occassional narration from the youthful sounding Sarah. The sounds of Broadway's busy traffic add a layer of "city authentique." The clip includes the Studio 360 outro attribution; minus this it would work well in any station's segment about the city, hidden treasures, artists, etc. Well done! |
Broadcast History
Studio 360, December 2004.
WHQR, 1/6/2005
Transcript
HOST INTRO (as used on Studio 360, not included in the audio here): Like fairy tale characters, Tom Otterness’ sculptures always seem to be in trouble, or causing trouble. Here in New York, Otternesss best known for his dozens of little bronze figures roaming through one of our subway stations. They are rounded and cartoon-like, both cute and slightly creepy. And some of them have money bags instead of heads.
Otterness wants his public sculptures to appeal to the four year in everyone. He wants people to touch them and climb on them. Producer Sarah Elzas walked with the artist down Broadway, Manhattan’s main stem, where 25 of Otterness’ big sculptures are now on display.
NARRATOR: Broadway along the upper west side of Manhattan is cut in half by a median. Uptown, parts of it are paved in concrete and have some benches. When school's out and when the weather's nice, these spaces bec...
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Review of Bronze Fairy Tales on Broadway
Programmer’s looking for content on artists and public art should look here. And not just for New York; with the proper intro this can play in Topeka just the same. It is a profile of Tom Otterness, a public artist who has created many bronze statues for the New York streets that have a fairy tale theme. There’s a good use of in situ interviews and some funny tape that would make for a good promo. The timing is perfect too for a drop-in.