Washington Post, you’ve done it again. You’re always opening my world to new things. First, pink slime. And now, this.
Okay, you can skip the pink slime article but you should definitely check out the Berndnaut Smilde article. Smilde is a Dutch artist who can, apparently, control the weather.
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| Nimbus II, 2012, Berndnaut Smilde |
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| Nimbus, 2010, Berndnaut Smilde |
See, I wasn’t kidding. A perfectly sunny room is turned into a cloudy day. Crazy. The video on the Washington Post link is also worth watching. It’s not in English, but you’ll get the gist.
I was also browsing his website and found this interesting piece.
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| Cumulus Beeekstraat 98, 2010, Berndnaut Smilde |
The caption reads:
“Aerogel, also known as frozen smoke consists of 99.8% air and is the lightest solid material on earth.”
Never having heard of this until today, I am intrigued.
