May 25
I see….English people…
…can it be?
On May22, Artist Paul St. George unveiled his steampunkish “scopes” to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Brooklyn Bridge. These telescopes allow people in New York and London to see each other in real time. As Paul St. George claims, he is completing the TransAtlantic tunnel his great grandfather Alexander Stanhope St George started in the 19th century. According to the story, the tunnel had a cave in and was abandoned. After Paul found the plans that had been stored away that showed parabolic mirrors at both locations, he says he has completed what his great grandfather started.
As it turns out, since that is overly “fantastical”, the story was fabricated along with photoshopped images of his great-grandfather back in the 19th centry. What people who look into the scopes are seeing is a collection of webcams and broadband broadcasting real time across the ocean to others looking in the scopes. It really is a fun concept and I have to say that I like the look of the scopes themselves, even if they are glorified webcams.
