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On The Aesthetics Of Wind-Tunnels.
Saint Joseph of Cupertino, during an aerodynamics test. (Watercolor)
If there is any place on Earth that resonates with Platonic beauty it is the wind-tunnel. A chilly, highly specialized place far removed from daily life, reminiscent even of Hieronymus Bosch's tunnel of light that leads the way to heaven.
Lit beautifully by cold fluorescent light, this is a room that feels like its moving at high speed. Wind inside a building is strange anyway, but a room constructed especially for it is an enigma, which I think is at its best when seen empty.
So here are a few tunnels-pictures from my collection.
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– Theun Karelse - 18 Feb 2007