Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 21st, 2011
X asked Y for Z. Y wanted something in return. The result was the creative project pictured below. Gimme X , Y , Z and the project. Quoting Fifthape, “The project began when Spike Jonze (X) asked Olympia Le-Tan(Y), a designer, for a Catcher in the Rye(Z) embroidery for his wall, and Le-Tan asked [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 20th, 2011
‘Whose’ crack ? Salcedo’s Crack. This is Doris Salcedo’s Shibboleth at the Tate Modern. Cracked by Jyotishraj, Ram Sripathi , Devajyoti Ghosh, Fifthape, Siddharth Ravi , Appu , Ahana Anil , Akhil R Nair, M Vinayakumar, Sachin, Anil Raghavan, Nigel Thomas and Abhi (Nice to have you back!).
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 19th, 2011
Connect . Jacob’s Ladder , the biblical ladder to heaven from the Book of Genesis. A – Shows a high voltage traveling arc which is used for producing a continuous train of sparks which rise upwards , also known as Jacob’s Ladder. B – Crepuscular rays , rays of sunlight appearing to radiate from a [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 17th, 2011
Memorial to ? Onake Obavva. Siddharth Ravi, Fifthape and Hari Parameswaran pounded this one down.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 16th, 2011
Now that the greatest club game in the world is behind us and there is ample evidence to the fact that Liverpool are indeed a culture club , let us get back to quizzing . Easy one to (re)start things off . Why is the book making an appearance here ? Quoting Appu, “Because Roseanne [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 11th, 2011
What ? Where ? There exists a replica of this installation and is more famous . Where would one find the replica ? The Gresham Grasshopper atop the Royal Exchange in London. The more famous copy is atop the Faneuil Hall in Boston. Cracked by Appu, Ram Sripathi, Fifthape, Jyotishraj, Prateek and Siddharth Ravi.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 10th, 2011
Connect . The three self-anchored suspension bridges in Pittsburgh, PA spanning the Allegheny river are named the Andy Warhol ( A ) Bridge , the Rachel Carson ( B ) Bridge and the Roberto Clemente ( C ) Bridge . They are collectively known as The Three Sisters and are the only trio of nearly [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 9th, 2011
This project should take a lil over 27 years to complete . What are we talking about ? Branding the 10,000 lakes of Minnesota . Cracked by Appu , Nakul Sharma , Fifthape , Ahana Anil and Devajyoti Ghosh .
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 8th, 2011
Two parts . a. Snap ( A ) from the 1950s . What exactly is happening here ? b. Now , another snap from this particular series of snaps was made famous by a 1970s movie . The man behind this project belonged to an organization X . Famous British establishment Y gets its name [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 6th, 2011
Identify the movie . Who’s the actor in the wheelchair on the extreme right ? Ron Kovic‘s cameo in Born on the Fourth of July . As expected , only Appu came home with the answer . Take a bow !
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