Oh wow..I was a little bit worried to hit the link but it actually doesn't look bad. Nevertheless, I can't avoid feeling he definitely has a phallic obsession. Ok it looks like a butt plug! There I said it.
: )
on some level, you can call anything vertical and slender "phallic," when really, the phallus is generally not vertical. what is FOA's yokohama project if not a flaccid phallus?
anyway, butt plug probably wouldn't have crossed my mind, either. this thing is a vacuum tube plugged into its mount. it's yanked out of a 1972 marantz 100 watt stereo amplifier, a 60's sound city 200 watt stack, or some brand of contemporary stereo system that starts at $20K. plain and simple. jean nouvel is a fan of the tube. i'd bet his system at home is not solid-state.
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Oh wow..I was a little bit worried to hit the link but it actually doesn't look bad. Nevertheless, I can't avoid feeling he definitely has a phallic obsession. Ok it looks like a butt plug! There I said it.
: )
on some level, you can call anything vertical and slender "phallic," when really, the phallus is generally not vertical. what is FOA's yokohama project if not a flaccid phallus?
anyway, butt plug probably wouldn't have crossed my mind, either. this thing is a vacuum tube plugged into its mount. it's yanked out of a 1972 marantz 100 watt stereo amplifier, a 60's sound city 200 watt stack, or some brand of contemporary stereo system that starts at $20K. plain and simple. jean nouvel is a fan of the tube. i'd bet his system at home is not solid-state.
I see the vacuum tube, but I also see some phallic symbol...more sex object though.
sit on it and ye shall discover.
To me it is a test tube...
then maybe a tampon. I think the cap ruins it, but i guess everything these days needs a catch.
any context shots? i need a better sense of scale.
that my friends is a cigar tube
no, its a vibrating dildo
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