Sculpture with a twist #2

Like you, in my travels and wandering around the world, I’ve seen lots of public art and many sculptures on display and the ones that fascinate me most are the ones that get me thinking, “now what is the meaning of that?” “What the hell is that?” As well as being thought provoking they are often unusual to say the least. You may recall that in an earlier post I showed a photo of a purse laying on a footpath in a busy location in Melbourne; (my Sculpture with a twist #1), in a busy corner in the heart of Melbourne’s Bourke Street Mall shopping district. The purse is so large that you just cannot miss seeing it and for tourists, it intrigues and they have to take photos of it and touch it and any just sit and rest on it. For locals, this purse is often used as a meeting point, “I’ll meet you at the purse”. Perhaps it’s meant to depict a fashionable ladies coin purse that she may have dropped while shopping and rumor has it that when sculptor made the purse he slipped a time capsule and a real coin purse with a few coins inside it :blush: .

Another very unusual sculpture again in Melbourne, is the one shown in my photo above. It depicts an enlarged fragment of the portico of the State Library sinking into the pavement as an archaeological artifact might. Known as the ‘Architectural fragment’, it very much looks like a fallen classical monument or the library buried perhaps by an earthquake or volcanic eruption. This is one of the most recognizable and most fascinating sculptures in Melbourne.

Have you seen an unusual but fascinating or interesting sculpture in your travels? I would very much like to hear about it!

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Very nice photo @AdamGT , great shot for an interesting sculpture :wink: .

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Hi @AdamGT

I like your idea! Your photo of sculpture with a twist #1 are really amazing!

Unfortunately, I can’t see your photo in this post. Please, check it.

Hey, @LuigiZ do you see it?

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Oeps @JaneBurunina , not anymore now, it was there when I saw the post. Thank you for noticing.

@AdamGT please check the link if still valid.

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That’s really weird @JaneBurunina and @LuigiZ as I am not having any issues seeing the photo on Windows and Andorid.

As @LuigiZ is aware, I am using the recently re-instated HTML menu option to display the photo in my post so perhaps there is still some bugs in this method! Anyway I have re-checked the link and all works from my end. Appreciate your checking again.

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@AdamGT

Interesting ‘Architectural fragment’, it really looks amazing!
As a reply to your question, I would like to share a photo of the beautiful stone, which I met on my path, when I visited Jurmala, Lithuania last summer.

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Informative post. @AdamGT thank you for sharing, your photo of sculpture added useful information to my knowledge.

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Hi @AdamGT ,

unfortunately the photo is still not visible. Actually the link works, so not a HTML problem, but the photo isn’t displayed also if I open the link separately. Perhaps a rights issue on the link you created? There is a deny sign rather than a message the link is broken, same when opening the link separately… and the fact you see it might explain that.

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Thank you for your reply @LuigiZ . In another post @C_T and dear @TravellerG suggested that the reason my photos are not visible is that I have to make my Google Photos album public but I don’t know how to do this.

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You need not make the entire album public @AdamGT .

You can create a sub-album in Google Photos and set the property “whosoever receives a link can see the photos” in that particular sub-album.

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Hi @AdamGT ,

did you get a direct link from the photo on the shared album? In that case the link is only valid within a certain timeframe which can explain why it was visible initially.

Anyway follow this procedure where it is explained how to get a direct photo URL valid for everyone.

How do you create a sub-album @C_T and do I have to share a link to that album with Connect? I just don’t get it :confused:

Hello @AdamGT

You can do that either on a desktop or the phone.
I shall explain the steps to do that on the phone.

  1. Select the “Albums” tab in the footer of the app.
  2. Then click on the plus symbol.
  3. Add a title - for easy identification while sharing.
  4. Select photos from other albums to populate that. (This action changes only the attributes of those photos).
  5. Then click the three dots at the top right corner.
  6. Select “Options”.
  7. Click the toggle switch at the share option which says “Anyone with the link can see these photos and the people who have been invited or have joined”. That’s all. Now, the album will be ready for sharing.
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Thank you @C_T but sadly i’s still not clear :confused:

I did your steps but where you say Anyone (a) with the link can see these photos and (b) the people who have been invited or (c) have joined so:
(a) how do I share the link to the album with Connect? or
(b) how do I invite all LGs on Connect

(c) what does it mean joined? Joined what Connect?

Also, you said you can create sub-albums but you haven’t explained how to do this :disappointed:

Sadly it’s still not clear to me :confused:

Hello @AdamGT

Below are successive screenshots which would make the steps clear.

For posting the photo on connect through HTML route, you need copying the link of the respective photo & then embed that in the HTML code.

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Thanks again for your reply and persistence with this @C_T

So that we avoid duplicate content in different posts, would you mind going to your other thread and seeing my last reply there.