George Square, Glasgow: One Statue Worships Another
Glasgow, 2007. Inflatable statues bend and sway in the May sunlight in George Square, amid tents celebrating Swedish football. I stared at them; their movements seemed bizarre, as if retching, drunk, the elbow crease of escaping air resembling a stomach convulsing, heaving. Conversely, the arms waved as if in perpetual supplication, in a slavish dance of worship. Such is football.
Those things are much more fun to watch if music is playing. They seem to eerily dance to the music. Alcohol helps, too.
May 27th, 2007 at 4:37 am