喬什·辛普森的行星在世界的哪個地方?[幻燈片展示]

志願者已在全球隱藏了他1,700個玻璃球

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玻璃吹制藝術家喬什·辛普森創作了想象中的行星,這些行星擁有陸地、海洋、山脈、火山,甚至雲彩。他的大型巨型行星在多家博物館展出,直徑達30釐米,重23公斤。但他也製作了一些直徑僅幾釐米的小球,這些小球正被偷偷地放置在我們自己的地球周圍。

辛普森的秘密無限專案的靈感來自於他很久以前在馬薩諸塞州謝爾本的房產中發現的一些彈珠,這些彈珠似乎在那裡躺了幾十年,但由於玻璃的持久特性,仍然像以前一樣光彩奪目。如今,超過1,700人已將他的小行星隱藏在各種各樣的地方——從約翰·貝魯西的墓地到立陶宛的一座城堡,再到印度邦迪一座廢棄的英國堡壘——辛普森仍然向提出新穎計劃的申請者提供這些小行星。

每個球體都標有一個無限符號。有些註定要很快被發現,另一些則可能隱藏數百年。“我希望未來的考古學家會對這些小球的意義和目的感到困惑,想知道它們是什麼以及它們是如何來到這裡的,”辛普森笑著說。


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