It’s the late night Friday Quickies! Cocktails down- surf’s up!
- In a language no one knows, using an alphabet that is a mystery, Codex Seraphinianus by artist Luigi Serafini just might be the strangest book in the world. It’s such a masterpiece that you might forget it’s $500 to own one. Many wondrous pages at these links and a video, too. {via Brian G.}
- Katie Paterson has created a one-of-a-kind fossil necklace whose beads are placed chronologically to represent a major evolutionary event. This schematic shows just how brilliant and lovely a piece this is.
- Here’s something quite fascinating: 10 myths about science fiction and why they matter. {via CriticalDragon1177}
- You have the Dutch to thank for these floating buildings. [Nova video included]
- This is a new plant organelle responsible for tannin production. which will make your wine and tea tasty. {ht Ed Yong}
- Out-of-this-world retail find: SPACE ALPHABET and it’s a poster! By Fifty-Five Hi’s.
- Picture of the Day: The city is MINE!
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This is an extraordinary, must-watch timelapse.
Three Minutes of Telescopes Shooting Lasers into Space:
Mauna Kea Heavens Timelapse
from the page
Timelapse of the observatories atop Mauna Kea, Hawaii. The summit is at an altitude of nearly 14,000 ft and is the premiere site for astronomy in the Northern Hemisphere. As an astronomy graduate student at the University of Hawaii, I’ve enjoyed excellent access to the facility. Some of my favorite still images of Mauna Kea can be found at sgphotos.com/photostories/maunakea.
This montage was filmed on three nights in April (I was observing on one of the telescopes and would walk outside when things got boring) and four nights during summer 2013. More information (i.e. “What’s up with the lasers?” “What gear did you use?”) can be viewed at sgphotos.com/portfolio/timelapse/makingmaunakeaheavens/.
More of my timelapse work can be found here and at sgphotos.com/portfolio/timelapse. Please notify me prior to featuring my work.
Music: “All is Violent, All is Bright” by God is an Astronaut.
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Graphic notation and composition
by Candas Sisman Barabás Lőrinc
More information at SYN-phon’s site.
from the page
Graphical notation and composition by Candas Sisman
Barabás Lőrinc: Trumpet
Ölveti Mátyás: Cello
Candas Sisman: Electronics and Objects
Budapest Art Factory (BAF) is pleased to present to you SYN-Phon; sound performance based on graphical notation by Candaş Şişman featuring Barabás Lőrinc & Ölveti Mátyás. Candaş Şişman resided at BAF for the month of June as part of its cross-cultural fertilization residency program. SYN-Phon will be exhibited to act, as a visual linguistic delivery through a cogitation segment followed by the sound performance on June 29th.
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Featured image is a spread from Codex Seraphinianus by Luigi Serafini.
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