Another Olympics thought

[rhu]

So now that we have the summer games in (n%4==0) and winter games in (n%4==2), I was thinking it's time to bring back some of the events from the ancient Greek Olympics.

I propose that in (n%4==3) years we have the Vernal Games, featuring poetry recitation, dance, drama, and music. Maybe architecture, although I don't know how that'd work.

Comments

[sethg]

What would we have for the (n%4==1) Games in the autumn? Drinking contests?

[seekingferret.livejournal.com]

How would architecture work? With a brand new, arcane scoring system every time and with a controversial French judge.

[introverte.livejournal.com]

They'd have to do AutoCAD renderings in VR.

[introverte.livejournal.com]

In the nude. Let's get some real verisimilitude.

[530nm330hz.livejournal.com]

Architecture in the nude?

[introverte.livejournal.com]

Dude! You'd get ink, eraser rubbings, contact cement, and balsa wood bits all over.

[sethg]

Good for ratings.
Bad for athletic-wear endorsements.

[tahnan.livejournal.com]

But it's something that this year's Project Runway designers could actually handle.

[pocketnaomi.livejournal.com]

I once suggested merging the Olympics with a film and music festival, to achieve a traditional Olympic combined athletic/artistic showcase while using the arts most commonly attended in the modern age. They didn't remain static in ancient times either -- the plays were a relatively late invention.

[tahnan.livejournal.com]

There actually is a cultural show that accompanies the Olympics; I went to the art exhibition in '96, and it was really impressive. Not the same thing, really, but at least it's kind of there.

[530nm330hz.livejournal.com]

Is that an official IOC thing or was is something the Atlanta organizers put together?

[fauxklore]

I think it's an official IOC thing. They can get a lot of sponsorship for things like musical performances. At the Athens Olympics, there was an art show and a music stage at the main stadium. There was information about these in the official brochure, along with schedules for the sporting events and transportation information.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Now that I might watch...

[tablesaw]

Sand-Castle Building.

[530nm330hz.livejournal.com]

And beach sand-castle building, which is the same except they wear scanty bikinis and there's rock music blasting whenever the action seems to pause?