"Don’t explain. People only hear what they want to hear."
Paulo Coelho (via mostexerent)
Note to self.
(Source: kari-shma, via nickelcobalt)
"Illusion is the first of all pleasures."
Voltaire (via joannastarks)
Little Shining Man is a sculpture that has the potential for flight.
The design of the structure is based around the tetra kites of Alexander Graham Bell, multiplied out into colliding cubes that take their form from the cubic formations of the mineral Pyrite. A double wing module has been duplicated and arranged into a tight cellular structural arrangement that appears as a heavy, un-flyable mass. Utilising lightweight materials and the symmetry of the module and composition, it is able to fly freely and steadily.
The kite flown in the images is one section of an arrangement of three, that come together to create the final piece of sculpture that is taken own from display once a year to be flown in St. Aubin’s Bay.
There were several challenges in realising Little Shining Man. The structure had to be as strong and light as possible in order to fly, but had to return to earth with minimal damage so it could be installed as a piece of sculpture. Carbon fibre rod and Cuben fibre, a hand made composite fabric used primarily in racing yacht sails, achieved the perfect combination of strength and weight. The visual impact of the fabric produces an ethereal sense of depth and refraction that gives the heavy mass the lightest touch.
+ Heather and Ivan Morison
(via proofmathisbeautiful)
Reblog of the day! We are looking forward to seeing this in full bloom!
Watch this space! 7,000 plants in red, yellow, blue and white will soon be bursting in vertical, horizontal, and diagonal lines between the West Entrance and the Italian Fountain. The idea for this garden was conceived by conceptual artist Sol LeWitt in 1981—his vision is at last being realized this summer.
With the weather we’ve been having in Philly, however, it may happen even sooner.
Proof: Visual Hallucinations and Form Constants
Whether or not you know about or care to use the mathematical coordinate systems described in the last post, it seems that our eyes and brains already make use of them when seeing and hallucinating. How this is the case will be explained here in some detail. Of course,…
••• cfaal 222, 2012
OKAY TUMBLR!!! For the second time this week…. THIS IS A PHOTOGRAPH! No joke man. Definitely not an illustration. Photographed on 4x5 Fujichrome Provia 100F, scanned on an Epson V700…. and other than a little burn and dodge and cleaning up of some dirty cube smudges…. looks just like this on the trasparency. Please stop tagging my work “Illustration” !!
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