Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly (2021)
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The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly, a large art installation created by James Hampton, is showcased on the Smithsonian American Art Museum's blog, sparking discussion about outsider art and its significance.
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Learned something new: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asemic_writing:
> ...asemic writing distinguishes itself among traditions of abstract art is in the asemic author's use of gestural constraint, and the retention of physical characteristics of writing such as lines and symbols.
Basically stuff that looks like writing but actually isn't. Another example is Xu Bing's A Book from the Sky, which is composed of things that look just like Chinese characters to someone who can't read them, but aren't.
Yes, of course. LLMs are bullshit machines.
> And if so, how faithful to the original is the translation?
Well, as faithful as total bullshit ever is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Seraphinianus
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38683668
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hampton_(artist)#Throne_...
I was trying to figure out how large this thing was (I found it hard to tell from the picture). And wow -- a life-size throne. Must go next time I'm in DC (if the government isn't shut down :p).