Abandoned creations…

April 17th, 02009 by Alexander Rose - Twitter: @zander

 

By the way of Chris Anderson’s TED twitterfeed I rediscovered the Artificial Owl site of “The most fascinating man-made abandoned creations + Their story and location.”  They now have a visual archive, google map, and much more content.  Really wonderful stuff, and great lessons for anyone like us trying to build long lasting artifacts.

 

 

This entry was posted on Friday, April 17th, 02009 at 6:25 am and is filed under Clock of the Long Now, Long Term Art.

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