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10 March 2010

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Is It Magic or Is It Art?

FieldArt

This is a photograph of 1,301 florescent light tubes arrayed in a field beneath standard high power electrical lines. The energy causing them to glow is the magnetic field produced by those high power electrical lines.

No, it’s not there to demonstrate that the fields do in fact have real effects (despite what the government and electrical power lobby tells you). It’s a very interesting art project by artist Richard Box.

You can purchase a DVD of the entire project, or just peruse the gallery of photographs at Richard Box’s project page.

4 Responses for "Is It Magic or Is It Art?"

  1. Scipio

    January 22nd, 2009 at 5:44 am

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    Tesla did something similar, albeit with incandescent bulbs and in the 1890’s.

  2. ralph

    February 2nd, 2009 at 7:31 am

    2

    Yeah,
    Rule# 73:
    If it involves electricity, Tesla has already done it.

  3. ¿Magia o Arte? | Maikelnai's blog

    February 2nd, 2009 at 4:53 pm

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  4. OMA

    February 2nd, 2009 at 8:56 pm

    4

    No, it’s science ;-)


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