Change is the only constant. To create a work of sculpture or bring to fruition an architectural vision and expect it to exist within a vacuum of its own spatiotemporal point of conception for eternity is ultimately far beyond in orders of magnitude the ego presence of the bubble. The organizations and individuals who portend to defend the original vision of the artist, designer, architect, choreographer, photographer etc etc.. miss the point of such a layering of time and space as the bubble represents. The bubble represents change. It represents the possibility of an alterable future. It is creative commons as architectural manifest. It represents a new potential while non-destructively re-framing the past in a temporary manner. No ego is more destructive than that of the obstructionist, preservationist with no sense of whimsy to toss to the wind. If you think its hard to make a living in sculpture.. try dancing. If you think its difficult to defend the original vision of a physical form such as sculpture, try preserving the original vision of a choreographer. Its all relative. More Banksy less Bankster

“Castles made of sand melt into the sea…eventually” Hendrix

The design review committee that approved this solution should be ashamed of their judgment. The arts are suffering, more than any other demographic, in the poor economy that we are all experiencing. Does the review committee feel that it can boost the interest of the common man in sculpture, the most difficult of all the artistic media in which to make a living, or increase museum visitation by repackaging the Hirshhorn’s spacial presentation – and turning it into a circus tent? Are things so bad that the nation needs to bring itself to such a level of shame? For all artists I say, give us bread, but do not denigrate us with your circus. Do not demean the Peoples Mall, the urban landscape and the architecture of our nation’s capital with a visual affront of such silliness, folly and poor taste.