Downhome Posted October 9, 2004 Report Posted October 9, 2004 I saw this on Yahoo, and found it amusing. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...ry_misspellings By RON HARRIS, Associated Press Writer SAN FRANCISCO - The artist who misspelled the names of famous people in world history on a large ceramic mosaic outside Livermore's new library can spell one word with ease: N-O. That's Maria Alquilar's new position on fixing the typos. She had planned to fly to California and put the missing "n" back in Einstein and remove the extra "a" in Michelangelo, among other fixes. But after receiving a barrage of what she called "vile hate mail," Alquilar said Livermore is off her travel itinerary and there'll be no changes by her artistic hand. "No, I will not return to Livermore for any reason," Alquilar, of Miami, told The Associated Press in an e-mail. "There seems to be so much hatred within certain people. They continuously look for a scapegoat. I guess I am the sacrificial goat." She previously told officials in Livermore, about 40 miles east of San Francisco, that she would fix the 11 misspellings. She asked for $6,000 plus travel expenses to correct the work they paid her $40,000 to create. The city council, faced with the embarrassing prospect of leaving the typo-strewn work in front of its spanking new library, voted 3-2 to approve the expenditure. Now it appears the fix is a no go. Livermore Mayor Marshall Kamena and Councilwoman Lorraine Dietrich did not return calls seeking comment on what their next move would be. Alquilar explained that it took her a lot of time and money to create the work, a brightly colored 16-foot-wide circle made up of individual tiles depicting the names and images of famous people in world history. She noted that plenty of people from the city were on hand during the installation who could and should have seen the errant spellings, she said. "Even though I was on my hands and knees laying the installation out, I didn't see it," she said. The mistakes wouldn't even register with a true artisan, Alquilar said before deciding to leave the work as is. "The people that are into humanities, and are into Blake's concept of enlightenment, they are not looking at the words," she told The AP. When asked whether she chose the words and names for the work or whether the city provided her with a list, Alquilar took an artistic stance in response. "The art chose the words," she said. I can't even put into words just what I think about this one. I can't decide if this is straight up funny, pathetic, or just plain sad. Sincerely, ...Downhome...
Guest MikeSC Posted October 9, 2004 Report Posted October 9, 2004 Wow, I've never seen idiocy portrayed as an artform before. I think INXS has a future... -=Mike
Golgo 13 Posted October 9, 2004 Report Posted October 9, 2004 They tried to go the nice route and she refused. Sue the bitch and force her to fix it. She was paid to do something and did an unsatisfactory job.
Lil' Bitch Posted October 9, 2004 Report Posted October 9, 2004 Back in 8th grade, this blonde girl in our class while we were taking a test yelled "How do you spell dinosaur?" Everybody went
The Mandarin Posted October 9, 2004 Report Posted October 9, 2004 Previously on DEON: The Elementary Years..
B. Brian Brunzell Posted October 9, 2004 Report Posted October 9, 2004 Wow. You're getting paid forty G's to do a work of art and you fuck it up by mis-spelling? Sorry honey, hate mail or not, you HAVE to go back and fix them. you fucked up, you fix your fuck-ups.
Guest subliminal_animal Posted October 9, 2004 Report Posted October 9, 2004 What an obnoxious post by TheMikeSC up there.
Guest MikeSC Posted October 9, 2004 Report Posted October 9, 2004 What an obnoxious post by TheMikeSC up there. Run with what brought you to the dance. -=Mike
kkktookmybabyaway Posted October 9, 2004 Report Posted October 9, 2004 If she can't spell the names, then perhaps the check writer should be bad at math and remove a zero or two from her check...
Downhome Posted October 13, 2004 Author Report Posted October 13, 2004 I just heard on Fox News that this bitch "deicded" to fix her fuckups. They also said that it's good that she did, because if she didn't it would have been against the law to fix it without her consent. How screwed up is that?
kkktookmybabyaway Posted October 14, 2004 Report Posted October 14, 2004 Artistic Expression. Perhaps you have heard of it, Downhome...
treble Posted October 14, 2004 Report Posted October 14, 2004 I just heard on Fox News that this bitch "deicded" to fix her fuckups. They also said that it's good that she did, because if she didn't it would have been against the law to fix it without her consent. How screwed up is that? I hope you weren't getting paid for this post.
Guest T®ITEC Posted October 14, 2004 Report Posted October 14, 2004 Hey, this isn't about my mom. I want my money back, DH.
Guest Banders Kennany Posted October 14, 2004 Report Posted October 14, 2004 What's the problem with DH's last post? Looks fine by me. That messup he did on "decided" is obviously an intentional messup.
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