THE WORLD'S YOUR OYSTER
THE BRIEFCASE BECAME MY PEN AND THE WORLD MY PAPER. Erik Nordenanker
"I WANTED TO MAKE THE BIGGEST DRAWING IN THE WORLD."
Erik Nordenankar set out to create the biggest drawing in the world when he handed DHL a sealed Mission Impossible-style briefcase containing a GPS device. With it was a document outlining the in-depth postal instructions - to be followed meticulously - that would ensure the briefcase travelled through six continents and 62 countries. Throughout its heroic journey, it would beam data back to Nordenankar’s computer and plot its path across a digital map. Thus emerged an image of the artist that, in reality, measures 110 664 km long...
Who would have thought a briefcase could make such a useful drawing tool? Check out the site here and the awesome video of the project below. Interesting how some people are claiming it's just a viral for DHL. One of Erik's colleagues at school just piped up in support on YouTube. But the finger pointers - sat on the sofa at home for 24 hours a day looking for resourceful people to slag off on their laptops - will soon accuse said guy of being in on the whole thing. Hats off if it is a viral; it's a cool idea.
Erik Nordenankar set out to create the biggest drawing in the world when he handed DHL a sealed Mission Impossible-style briefcase containing a GPS device. With it was a document outlining the in-depth postal instructions - to be followed meticulously - that would ensure the briefcase travelled through six continents and 62 countries. Throughout its heroic journey, it would beam data back to Nordenankar’s computer and plot its path across a digital map. Thus emerged an image of the artist that, in reality, measures 110 664 km long...
Who would have thought a briefcase could make such a useful drawing tool? Check out the site here and the awesome video of the project below. Interesting how some people are claiming it's just a viral for DHL. One of Erik's colleagues at school just piped up in support on YouTube. But the finger pointers - sat on the sofa at home for 24 hours a day looking for resourceful people to slag off on their laptops - will soon accuse said guy of being in on the whole thing. Hats off if it is a viral; it's a cool idea.
seriously bloody cool that is. thanks for the post. will log in head and steal when everyone's forgotten about it.
http://gizmodo.com/393597/gps+tracked-biggest-drawing-in-the-world-is-complete-fake