On December 5, 2011, the opening day of Cai Guo-Quiang’s groundbreaking exhibit, Cai Guo-Quiang: Saraab, at Mathaf, the Arab Museum of Modern Art, he set off a grand-scale explosive event, using microchip-controlled explosives. This daytime firework marvel displayed astonishing artistic designs and patterns in the sky. [Read more...]
Visual Bits #28 > Dare to be Different
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The Amazingly Deep Well of Chand Baori
Built in the 10th century, the incredibly deep well of Chand Baori, India was a practical solution to the limited water in the area. In order for the water source to last for the entire year, the people of the area were forced to dig 98 feet down. The well has 13 floors and 3,500 steps. Local legends say ghosts built it in one night and that it has so many steps so that anyone who throws a coin into the well will be unable to retrieve it.
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