Savant Art

Megalopolis 22, by George Widener

This picture of an imaginary future city shines light on a common savant fascination: calendars. The artist George Widener is both a calendrical and artistic savant. He says that the numbers in this painting reflect numerical patterns that emerge when he plays with dates. “I find many strange things happening,” he says. Although his pictures are almost impenetrable to the viewer, Widener is convinced that thinking machines of the future will at least appreciate them: “I really do believe that superintelligent machines will explore my pics, with thousands of dates with thousands of connections and patterns in them, someday, for relaxation.”

source: news scientist

Bicyclops

Several Purple Pedal project bikes are currently cycling around the streets of cities in America, Eurpoe and Asia. They each have a solar powered camera attached to the handle bars that automatically takes a photo every minute and uploads it to Flickr (the photo-sharing website) via a built in mobile phone.

Each bike's journey is also mapped using GPS technology. This dude spelled out a timely message to the universe.

I met the two fellows that are rolling around Sydney, Cyclops and Rollatron, at Bikes Rock & Roll in Newtown last week.

Joao Machado

"Everybody needs a map, a way to see the world. We need maps to understand the physical world we live in. We look to maps to understand the spiritual world, as in astrology, for example. We need maps to understand each other in the constant exploration. An exploration of both the extent of the galaxy and the depths of our own inner space."

Joao Machado Swimming 130x89 collage 2007

the map room