hey wizard - from your photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hotspringswizard/7948148914/in/photostream/
This is based on a sculpture / monument that was paraded through the streets of post-revolutionary Moscow by the artist Vladimir Tatlin called Monument to the Third International! 1920 or so?
I was also very struck by this photo you posted:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hotspringswizard/8085207054/in/photostream
why can't we imagine making things better anymore? Beauty and pleasure as great collective priorities...