Black Bart
Is Cape Town cool or what? Prizewinning public sculpture and mountie in a pedestrian mall that traverses the length of the CBD. There are pavement cafes every few yards with tables under the trees, and stalls of African art and crafts, many of them run by Congolese refugees who will chat away in French if you want.
posted by DavetheF at 7:01 pm
8 Comments:
you can talk to inanimate objects in french?
zut alors!
Yeah ... too much hurry, crap writing. Fixed, ta. Cadence not very good of course.
aw, shame
i liked the idea of talking to an urban sculpture about 'a la recherche...' in its original language
Are the Simpsons popular in SA?
I think the Simpsons are popular everywhere, Bill. The sculptor seems to be reflecting the collision of cultures: African and Western. In a fun way.
I thought so, and linked it...
...I just hope the Simpsons aren't all people in SA know about us.
That's such a mad sculpture! I didn't realise they had mounties in South Africa either, but it would make sense.
Wilkommen Biscuits! Capetonians were a bit uptight about it at first but we all love it now. The mountie is just a security patrolman; it's a pedestrian mall. But the horses are cool too.
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