The Orange Fabric, Up Close and Personal

Some people have been emailing asking for a more detailed description of what the orange fabric looks like up-close. So I decided to scan a swatch of the fabric given to me by one of the volunteers working at the Gates.

The images as displayed above is pretty close to life size; if you click on it to see the full size picture it will be about 50% bigger than the original. If you think the scan quality is bad and it's causing weird reflections on the fabric, that's actually not the case. The fabric is very reflective in natural light, so the alternating patterns of white, orange and black look the same when you look at the real thing, shimmering when you move it. (On the computer screen it reminds me of the black, white and orange candy corn you get around Halloween.) So while the color choice wouldn't have been my personal first choice, the texture and reflective qualities of the fabric is spectacular.... -ac

ps- question for readers: if you were Christo, what color would you have chosen? Please post a comment and let us know.

Videos from Opening Weekend

Hi everyone... Here's a small selection of some of the videos I took during the first weekend of The Gates:

• Crowds shouting bravo to Christo and Jeanne-Claude
  
• The first gate is unfurled
  
• Billowing Gates
  
• Exiting a tunnel towards a row of gates
  
• Walking through the gates, part 1
  
• Walking through the gates, part 2
  
• Unfurling, Part 1
  
• Unfurling, Part 2

Enjoy... -andy

Harvey's Latest Photos

More photos courtesy of Harvey B. Silikovitz, used with permission.

Gapstow Bridge

Blue and Orange Sky

Sheep Meadow

Looking Toward Time Warner Center

Reflections

Influencing the Minds of Men Through Their Imaginations

"A great object of all that is done in a park, of all the art of a park, is to influence the minds of men through their imaginations...."
- Frederick Law Olmstead,Central Park architect

Better While Running

"I thought The Gates were better while running," says this caller. He suggests you view it from a bike and "get some speed" rather than getting stuck within the crowds.

More Bloomberg Audio

Here's some more audio I recorded of Mayor Bloomberg after Saturday's opening ceremony. I recorded it with my iPod, as evident from the following picture:

Note my iPod in the bottom left corner; if you look really close you can see a reflection of my eye, nose and camera in the iPod. -ac