乔什·辛普森的行星在世界的哪个地方?[幻灯片展示]

志愿者已在全球隐藏了他1,700个玻璃球

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玻璃吹制艺术家乔什·辛普森创作了想象中的行星,这些行星拥有陆地、海洋、山脉、火山,甚至云彩。他的大型巨型行星在多家博物馆展出,直径达30厘米,重23公斤。但他也制作了一些直径仅几厘米的小球,这些小球正被偷偷地放置在我们自己的地球周围。

辛普森的秘密无限项目的灵感来自于他很久以前在马萨诸塞州谢尔本的房产中发现的一些弹珠,这些弹珠似乎在那里躺了几十年,但由于玻璃的持久特性,仍然像以前一样光彩夺目。如今,超过1,700人已将他的小行星隐藏在各种各样的地方——从约翰·贝鲁西的墓地到立陶宛的一座城堡,再到印度邦迪一座废弃的英国堡垒——辛普森仍然向提出新颖计划的申请者提供这些小行星。

每个球体都标有一个无限符号。有些注定要很快被发现,另一些则可能隐藏数百年。“我希望未来的考古学家会对这些小球的意义和目的感到困惑,想知道它们是什么以及它们是如何来到这里的,”辛普森笑着说。


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