Wednesday, November 19, 2008

While We're on the Subject of Strange Art





(Aka: "Things People Do in Austria, Part II.")

Check out the "Wellness Skull." Created by Dutch artist Joep van Lieshout and positioned near a busy intersection in Vienna, Austria, the Wellness Skull holds a fully-functional sauna. When in use, steam rises from the skull's eye sockets. I'm kind of loving this. How great would it be to have one in your very own backyard?

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13 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Weird...cool..wow!

3:42 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wowie. Kazowie.

Sis you hear about the five year old girl really good at basketball?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l25bkqWPAQI&eurl=http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Too-much-Rod-Benson-5-year-old-s-crazy-handles?urn=nba,122939

5:23 PM  
Blogger andalucy said...

That is so European. :-)

5:44 PM  
Blogger Ren @ All By Myshelf said...

Skull sauna, huh? That's kind of weird if you ask me.

(I just realized that I haven't commented in forever)

8:47 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Omg I love saunas the are sooo relaxing to sit in my gym has one next to the steam room and I go back and fourth for like ever
-Nina

11:03 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

cool! but i would have liked it if the steam came out of its nose or ear holes :P

11:45 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

THAT IS SOOOOOO COOL!!!

Nellie: I saw that too! She's awesome!

I get to miiss school next week to go to Denver... YEAH!
Except Denver is not mysterious at all. :(

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12:02 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

UU: She makes me envious. Wah. I love basketball but I'm just not good. *sniff*

11:40 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...

that seems kinda like a creepy omen, the skull being a sauna.

is there going to be a new Kiki Strike book soon?

2:15 PM  
Blogger Kitty said...

That reminds me of something but I just can't put my finger on what..... -.-' But a sauna skull?? I think that's going a little too far....

1:35 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey, guess what????? I was just in Vienna and I saw that last weekend, you know, because I live in Slovakia, its only a half-hour flight. Everybody in my family was wondering what it was. There were a lot of people getting their picture taken infront of it.

8:45 AM  
Blogger liltomboyblue11;) said...

nellie: That is really cool!

This is awesome! I wish I just had a giant skull that billows steam, I don't care about the saunna!

11:03 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

o my god, i want one in my room! also on art, have any of you seen My Kid Could Paint That? I love Marla! She's sooo cute! and i love her art, too.

8:04 PM  

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