Hypotheses in science, though apparently transcending experience, are in reality experience modified by scientific thought and pushed into an ultra experiential region. At the time that he wrote, Sir Thomas Dick-Lauder could not possibly have discerned the cause subsequently assigned for the blockage of these glens. A knowledge of the action of ancient glaciers was the necessary antecedent to the new explanation, and experience of this nature was not possessed by the distinguished writer just mentioned.

From Fragments of Science, by John Tyndall, F.R.S. 1879.

Alan Boutwell & Michael Mitchell. Domus 470, Jan, 1969.

From the excellent RNDRD, a treasure trove of drawings, models, and architectural ephemera of unbuilt buildings of the 20th century.

Left the bay area a couple days too early to catch this, but hopefully some west coast readers will make it:

Grouper Presents SLEEP
Friday July 23, 7:30 pm
Berkeley Art Museum
Gallery B
Doors/Ambient Sounds 6 p.m.

Liz Harris (Grouper) contours her sonic craft to the spiraling space of the museum, creating a site-specific composition made up of tape-collage and live instrumentation accompanied by video. Her piece intends to “echo the movement of a downward-pulling current, lulling with the hiss and resonating pulse of watery sound and light.” Harpsichordist Eugene Petrushansky opens the night with pieces of both early music and music of his own improvisation, performing on the harpsichord that he hand-built for himself.

The 2nd floor of Holmes Castle.

The ground floor of the Castle contained Holmes’ own relocated drugstore and various shops, while the upper two floors contained his personal office and a maze of over one hundred windowless rooms with doorways opening to brick walls, oddly angled hallways, stairways to nowhere, doors openable only from the outside, and a host of other strange and labyrinthine constructions. Holmes repeatedly changed builders during the construction of the Castle so only he fully understood the design of the house he had created, thus decreasing the chance of being reported to the police.

Map of the video game The Colonel’s Bequest.

Find more Sierra game maps here.

“Cold Sunday”was a meteorological event which took place on January 17, 1982, when unprecedentedly cold air swept down from Canada and plunged temperatures across much of the United States far below existing all-time record lows.

From Traveller Vol. 2:

The Museum of Aramis occupies one city block in the underground city of Leedor in an otherwise unremarkable business district. It’s walls blend well with the neo-imperial style (smooth walls with a band of bas-relief sculpture at the eye level) of this portion of the city. The museum is situated several blocks off the major traffic routes, but comfortably close to the Escanil Park. On school days, the local educational institutions often bring children to see the exhibits, which are changed frequently. The Museum of Aramis is a science and technology oriented museum, with exhibits on the physical universe and the technological environment in which the Aramis live.

Francis Alÿs, Pacing, 2001

Paul Noble, It Is This Way, 2008.
Pencil on paper, 36.2 x 44.9 inches

Mt. Everest or Chomolongma. Shaded drawing for a colored hill-shaded map with rock drawing and contours at 1:100 000 scale. Eduard Imhof, collaborator: Heinz Leuzinger. From the Schweizerischer Mittelschulatlas, editions 1962-1976. [Source]

Today’s publication of The Map as Art: Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography reminded me that we should honor Eduard Imhof. If they ever publish a book called The Mapmaker As Artist: Appreciating the Work Of Really Badass Cartographers, he’d be a featured guy.