You-All Did Much Better than Neptune’s Luminous Dance
A recap of recent Our Town Reno reporting plus bonus content.
With some prodding from a reader and reverse image searching, we identified the artists for this Jacobs Entertainment paid for sculpture as the LA-based Liquid PXL collective. Their specifications indicate it’s 12,000 pounds, made with 160 hand-bent 19-feet tall metal tubes and coated with a silvery powder finish to reflect the sunlight.
In text accompanying its inaugural reel, they also disclose its actual name: Neptune’s Luminous Dance.
We found Our Town Reno submitted names and descriptions much more apt. We received over a hundred of them so these are just a few of the brilliant submissions which got many likes or made us laugh. Let us know which ones resonate for you the most.
On Facebook: “Hostile Hair” and “Dream deflation station” (Lisa Lee), “Enchanted Skydiver Landing Forest” (Damian Janssen), “Welcome to Nevada where your dreams get popped” (Crystal Flippo-Roberts), “Chain Link Alternative” (Jan Stanley), “Playa Hair” (Josi Inglis), Shredded Reno (Laura Garcia), “World’s largest weenie roaster” (Fredericka Riedel), “Washoe Zephyr hairdo” (Peggy Spatz) and “Modern urbane homeless architecture #7” (Trevor Fields).
On Instagram: “Petrified noodles” by @glynnfinite, “Glow Monster” by @steph_guest, “Untrimmed pubes” by @funsnuf, “Eviction Notice” by @strangerkat3
Here were some of the winning descriptions: “I appreciate art as much as the next guy… BUT… this looks like a pile of twisted metal they collected (from the building that was torn down??) polished it up, stuck it in the ground and now are asking… “what do we call it?!” #dobetter” (Amy Shaw)
“A great way to not have benches or a plot of greenery because we don't want anyone to have a picnic or to be convenient to those who 'mosey'." (Jess DeAragon)
“This is just undercooked spaghetti” (@piperisok)
“How about, "All The Noodly Hands Slapping The Faces Of The People You Put On The Street For Another Godforsaken Eyesore"? Or, "Godforsaken Eyesore", for short?” (Aaron Rogers)
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