Folly- The View From Nowhere

I went to the MOCA on Sunday and had the opportunity to see the exhibition "Folly- The View From Nowhere." It introduced an architectural/sculpture/design concept I had never heard of which is the folly. The folly essentially is a structure that serves no function at all. For example, a memorial, tower, meeting point, or structure in which to view or explore the surrounding area. The exhibition showed a compilation of follies from around the world and then explained them. Some of the follies I saw were "Specere", The Turkish Tent, "Vue de la Glaciere", and the Cabazone Dinosaurs. At the end of viewing all of the follies, there was a folly that the curator constructed right in the middle of the exhibition. It was a circular staircase you climbed to the top and there was a panoramic view of LA once you reached it. The exhibition made me realize the flexible nature of art, sculpture and architecture and the different purposes, or lack there of, that they can serve.