Mysterious but beautiful paper sculptures

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by ahalan • 15 years ago

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shadowfiend2• 15 years ago

It's so awesome that someone is doing this and remaining anonymous... And yet at the same time so sad.

Reminds me of a documentary on origami called Between the Folds (http://www.greenfusefilms.com/ -- I believe it's on netflix) where they showed people doing the most ridiculous things by just folding paper. So cool.

shadowfiend2• 15 years ago

Netflix link: http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Between_the_Folds/70120179...

phoboslab• 15 years ago

It's a great PR move, actually. If the artist now eventually comes forward, he will be instantly famous. Banksy[1] did the same.

Maybe there's something to learn here for startups as well.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksy

0x12• 15 years ago

Not everybody is in it for the fame and the money.

technoslut• 15 years ago

I hope (s)he does become instantly famous. The work is beautiful and poetic. I'm glad that phoboslab posted this and I'm glad that I coincidentally clicked on the story. There is so much ugliness in this world that I will take beauty anywhere I can get it.

markbnine• 15 years ago

Where is this? Scotland? I'm surprised the bomb-squad hasn't been called in to dispose of these items, the security cameras haven't been checked, and the perpetrator hasn't been tracked down and arrested. . .

ruethewhirled• 15 years ago

I guess librarians have enough common sense to distinguish between art and a bomb

mkent• 15 years ago

They look so fragile and beautiful - impressive they were able to get them in and setup without drawing any attention.

goatforce5• 15 years ago

Banksy has hung artworks in high profile galleries and museums without being caught or subsequently identified:

http://gothamist.com/2005/03/23/museum_shows_for_banksy.php

lloeki• 15 years ago

He's most likely making use of an S.E.P field http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somebody_Elses_Problem

nickolai• 15 years ago

Nice reference, but your wikipedia link is broken (missing an apostrophe) :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somebody_Else%27s_Problem

epo• 15 years ago

Amazing they weren't taken or vandalized TBH.

seregine• 15 years ago

I thought I'd seen something similar before, but when I looked it up I realized they're probably different artists: http://briandettmer.com/

graemem• 15 years ago

Nice to see a wee bit of Scotland on Hacker News.

JacobIrwin• 15 years ago

http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site36/2010/0728...

scammerz101• 15 years ago

Beautiful? I don't think you know what the word means...

ahalan• 15 years ago

do you?

Mysterious but beautiful paper sculptures

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