Whispering Lion's Den
The mind-bending sculptures of Jonty Hurwitz
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Earlier this week the University of Chicago received what might be an elaborate hoax, a miracle, or the best college admissions application of all time: Abner Ravenwood’s journal from Raiders of the Lost Ark.
The journal came in a package addressed to Henry Walton Jones, Jr. but wasn’t sent through the U.S. mail — its stamps are fake. It’s a near-perfect replica of the journal Indiana Jones uses in Raiders, but it’s not the real deal – Lucasfilm also doesn’t know its origins — and the university has absolutely no idea how it found its way into Rosenwald Hall, which houses the school’s admissions department and where the staff initially thought it was just a piece of mail meant for a professor that got lost on the way.
“This package was a little perplexing because we couldn’t find the staff member or the professor [it was intended for] in the directory,” Garrett Brinker, director of undergraduate outreach for the university, said in an interview with Wired. “So that’s when the plot thickened.”
Read more about the mystery package over @ Underwire!
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Earlier this week the University of Chicago received what might be an elaborate hoax, a miracle, or the best college admissions application of all time: Abner Ravenwood’s journal from Raiders of the Lost Ark.
The journal came in a package addressed to Henry Walton Jones, Jr. but wasn’t sent through the U.S. mail — its stamps are fake. It’s a near-perfect replica of the journal Indiana Jones uses in Raiders, but it’s not the real deal – Lucasfilm also doesn’t know its origins — and the university has absolutely no idea how it found its way into Rosenwald Hall, which houses the school’s admissions department and where the staff initially thought it was just a piece of mail meant for a professor that got lost on the way.
“This package was a little perplexing because we couldn’t find the staff member or the professor [it was intended for] in the directory,” Garrett Brinker, director of undergraduate outreach for the university, said in an interview with Wired. “So that’s when the plot thickened.”
Read more about the mystery package over @ Underwire!
“Whirled Beat” 10-year-old boy drumming washing machine (by dancarollo)
To All Humans, Happy Holidays, A Rube Goldberg Machine Greeting
Published on Dec 18, 2012
Lead Engineer: Matt MacMillan
Creative Director: Machele Nettles
Videography: Lendl Tellington
Music: TJ Kong and the Atomic Bomb
Produced by Solve Media
Copyright 2012
www.solvemedia.com
ARTWORK OF THE WEEK
Shy Fountain (2012)
Simon FaithfullA fountain that only exists when no-one is there.
Connected to a series of movement sensors, the fountain can only be seen in the distance (particularly at night when lit from below). As soon as the viewer tries to approach, however, the fountain and lights switch off, leaving only the wet stone as a trace of its recent presence. If the viewer stays still, again, the fountain will cautiously reappear… getting progressively higher till it reaches its full height once more.
Read more in Art and the Public Realm Bristol
“Towering steel swing set holding arrays of mechanical solenoids that create a water plane falling in the path of its riders. Formed from a tangent of ideas raised from the study of interactions of water as space, the swing is the first in a series that play with interaction in rides and installations. Riders pass through openings in a waterfall created by precisely monitoring their path via axel-housed encoders, creating the thrill of narrowly escaping obstacles.
The swing is a collaborative project between Mike O’Toole, Andrew Ratcliff, Ian Charnas and Andrew Witte.”
— found at this Tumblr’s post.
A Toy Train in Space (by RonIsNeat)
Sidewalk illustrations by Julian Beever
Mermaid Bed by ~smakeupfx
wonderful cover of “What Makes You Beautiful” by The Piano Guys :)
Fantastic ways to play a piano!
