Lee Bul's Confusing Set up is the Next "Infinity Room"

Could this be the next Infinity Room? From now until July 21, come to Lehmann Maupin collection in New York to encounter a mind-bending installation. South Korean specialist Lee Bul provides Via Negativa II, a network of passages with replicated areas. Protected with lighted infinity mirrors, uncomplicated will create you wonder which part is up and which part is down. Then, you'll ask yourself (hopefully, not in a panic), "How do I get out?"

Before you get into the framework the specialist has designed, you must put protective booties on over your footwear because even the ground is protected in mirrored tile.

What does it all mean? The gallery states, "The installation provides an extreme and disorienting encounter that interrupts the viewer’s perceptual and intellectual bearings, and alludes to the tenets of apophatic philosophy, which posits that heavenly characteristics is beyond the knowing of the logical individual thoughts and can only be understood by interpreting what it is not – ‘the adverse way’ – rather than what it is..."

"Through research of human/machine dichotomy, concepts of utopia embodied in architecture, and the perceptual and intellectual limitations of awareness, Lee’s performs aim to determine the boundaries of one's human whole body and thoughts, and the fallibility of the pursuit for excellence."

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Source : Lehmann Maupin website

Witley Park’s Underwater Ballroom

Between Godalming and Haslemere, in Surrey, near the English village of Witley, once stood one of the most lavish private residences in the world —the Witley Park. Originally called Lea Park, it belonged to a man named Whitaker Wright who made his fortune by defrauding shareholders of hundreds of million pounds —not once, but twice in two different continents. At the peak of his financial crimes, Wright bought the vast 1,400-acre Victorian estate from the 15th Earl of Derby and built an extravagant 32-bedroom mansion, among other things like a racecourse, a theater and a private hospital.

11 Foot 8 Inches: The Infamous ‘Can Opener’ Bridge

At 11 foot 8 inches, the Norfolk Southern–Gregson Street Overpass, located in Durham, North Carolina, United States, is a bit too short. The federal government recommends that bridges on public roads should have a clearance of at least 14 feet. But when this railroad trestle was built in the 1940s, there were no standards for minimum clearance. As a result, trucks would frequently hit the bridge and get its roof scrapped off.

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