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Ministry of dinosaurs

July 7th, 2007 by herinde

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Here’s an art project I encountered in the front office of the Danish minister of culture Brian Mikkelsen. As far as I know it’s still there. The piece is a seemingly ordinary cup of coffee placed on a windowsill a few metres away from the actual office of the minister. Every 10 seconds, a mechanism triggers shockwaves (well, more like ripples) on the surface of the coffee (hence the title “Jurassic Java”). Discrete and brilliant. The artist’s name is Kristoffer Akselbo (photo: Simon Ladefoged).

More info: here (PDF)

2 Responses to “Ministry of dinosaurs”

  1. on 13 Jul 2007 at 1:05 pm   Nadja

    I’ve seen the Jurassic Java-cup too. And it sure does seem like a dinosaur is slowly but surely approching the Ministers office. Very efficient way of using ripples to tell a subtle story.

  2. on 13 Jul 2007 at 5:11 pm   herinde

    Perhaps the key to the work is to figure out who the dinosaur is … It could be interpreted as an subtle stab towards the Danish cultural policy of today.

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