Tuesday, September 30, 2008

New York City Waterfalls



This is an ace installation by German Artist Olafur Eliasson in NewYork.
A series of waterfalls set up around NY. My favourite is the one under Brooklyn Bridge.

Check the website for some beautiful pictures: nycwaterfalls
Check out Olafur's website for more lushness: olafureliasson

This is what the wonderful Wikipedia has to say:

New York City Waterfalls is an art installation by artist Olafur Eliasson, in collaboration with the Public Art Fund, consisting of four man-made waterfalls placed around New York City along the East River.[1][2] At $15.5 million, it is the most expensive public arts project since Christo and Jeanne-Claude's installation of The Gates in Central Park.[3][2] The waterfalls officially began flowing on June 26, 2008. They will run from 7 am to 10 pm (under illumination after sunset), until October 13, 2008

Thursday, September 18, 2008

CERN



Hello, remember me?
I've been very busy over the last few weeks and not been able to put up any posts, but fear not, I kept a note of the things that got me salivating and I'm back with a vengeance!

First up: CERN!!!
You must have heard about this little gem, probably the biggest news thats not bad news this year, unless you count Theo Walcotts hatrick which over shadowed it in the tabloids. Although to give them respect they did conjour up some cracking puns - "Theos Big Bang" and the Sun opting to go with the front page headline that Theo Walcott had forgotten his keys when he got home.

Anyway: CERN aka The Large Hadron Collider.
The biggest and most ambitious scientific experiment undertaken. Basically it is designed to re-create the conditions just after the Big Bang in an attempt to answer fundamental questions of science and the universe itself.
The BBC has a very nice interactive guide that is definatley worth checking out:here
Also they have a very nice logo: