Voice Over Christo & Jean-Claude’s Gates, New York,
February 12, 2005
Calm down…we’re at 5th  Avenue…like a sample for dry lips…how come they are selling…it’s like one of those things...you do…can you jump up and touch the flag?...come on, I’ll pick you up...up…orange…little orange things…plastic…isn’t that funny...all the workers…what is he doing?... like one large shower curtain…it doesn’t matter…it matches her hair... she said so… she always wears orange...whatever you say about this it at least gave people jobs… jobs are jobs...there were a lot of volunteers...oh…I can touch it here. …are they going to sell these for $100,000 each?...look at the orange reflected in the museum window... the fabric must have been pleated just  right…let’s go under the tunnel…did you volunteer?... it’s a paid volunteer…ok... it’s exciting…this is fun...this is a great shot…I’m hoping to buy something on the island…no, it’s orange…say cheese… no...Christo…Christo!...it cost $21 million…it’s all done with…it’s pretty… it’s very expensive…that’s cool…the wind, that’s what he wanted…wouldn’t it be nicer in the snow?... I want to take a picture. anyway, you might...it goes for two more Sundays…16 days…let’s go back around by the castle…so where did the money come from?... he’s all over the park…you have to know that the structure will develop public interaction… it adds an element of music and movement…the sound of the fabric over your head in the dead of winter… the energy…the relationship…it’s almost like a visual thing….here you see the whole thing at once…I want to go home…it was a lot of work…you can see it over the internet in eight hours…it’s very nice…it was on the news this morning… which museum did it?... very visual…I think we’re in the flow now...the scale, the size…you need to take a helicopter to really see it…it’s much nicer like this…that was a really good shot… it's beautiful  from  up here…does he go all the way up to 110th ?  if there’s a walk way... I never go past…I have gone up to…ok…what do you think? ... will they admit that it’s totally illusionary... you could make a lot of money on Ebay…what do they mean by recycling? I don’t know…we’re over here…that lady was all in orange…there are more on the Westside…looks like…a little skimpy here…they’re further apart… are they even? I think so... they are different widths….that girl had orange on…they’re artists…trust me…a piece of fabric…New York...the billions come from... oh, my god…. don’t you think we should save some for next week? ... you can do art with tons of money… do you know the story behind this?...this is New York…there are at least 10 different things to do…it’s a nice burnt orange…it’s impressive…there must be 100s and 100s of them…I wonder…maybe…snow…yes, that is just what I was going to say… …blah… blahba…blahba…enjoy…you can’t miss it... it’s geometric… how do they justify this color?... it’s ah…it’s pretty. I guess…. have you seen it yet?  --Holly Crawford, 2005