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       Bringing People Together with Benches
       By: Mac Date: February 2, 2013, 4:21 pm
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       [glow=red,2,300]Bringing People Together with Benches[/glow]
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       [quote] Jeppe Hein, a Danish artist known for creating
       experiential art, has put an interesting twist on park benches
       by populating the town of De Haan in Belgium with his
       eye-catching “modified social benches.” The benches, which range
       from the super-comfy-looking to the seemingly unsittable, are
       intended to bring people together in unexpected ways and make
       them more aware of their surroundings.
       While they look enough like traditional park benches to be
       recognizable as something you sit on, Hein’s benches have
       features that break the park bench mold: tight angles, slopes,
       missing pieces, loops, dips, closed circles and more. With their
       unusual shapes, the benches are conversation starters and people
       magnets and they add a fun touch to public spaces.
       Of the benches Hein says, “With their modification, the spaces
       they inhabit become active rather than places of rest and
       solitude; they foster exchange between the users and the
       passers-by, thus lending the work a social quality.”
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       Re: Bringing People Together with Benches
       By: Chiprocks1 Date: February 2, 2013, 4:29 pm
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       I like the "Slide" Bench, but that's only if a hot chick is
       wearing a dress and I'm down below.
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