swimming

Last night I left the art building after dark and rolled my bike up the hill toward East Austin. Once I reached the top I decided to cut through the grass hill by the Latin American Studies Dept. I guess I wanted a mini nature walk through the trees instead of looking at the overpowering stadium (ha only used 7 games a year) and its parking garage. I began to feel like a moth flying toward a glowing light. The fountain was on full steam and completely lit its 15 foot plus water spray. Being the only one around I started to wonder who it was lit up for. As I enter earshot I began to go under its hypnotizing trance due to the power of its crashing waves. It brought me back to the Maine Cost for a minute. I then began to think about all the campus folklore stories I have heard about campus fountains. One is that the campus energy plant uses the large fountains for cooling the plant. I have also heard the fountains have electrical shocks to get ride of swimmers. First off you would have to be really crazy to scale the high walls of this fountain though it would feel amazing. Second its seems like an electrical shock coming out of a fountain would be lethal. Next time I have time for a swim I think I will stick with our under utilized country club pool at the Gregory gym. Now to just find the time….anyone want to go for a swim?

Bouncy Balls

Okay so have you guys seen the sony bravia (bouncy balls, bunny ad, foam city, exploding paint ball) videos? Thanks to my TA job in digital design with Peter Tucker I have been exposed to them and a few other silly things out there on the internet. Some really talented artists have sold out big time to Sony Bravia TV. The videos are really stunning and make you think about the possibilities for color applications to the built environment in a whole new way. You Tube videos are out there to even learn how them made the videos. My question is who are the artists because Sony Bravia is the only one that gets credit.
here is a link to one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Bb8P7dfjVw