CUBIUNIVERSOID
VIEW
AN ILLUSTRATION OF CUBIUNIVERSOID
(original drawing in the FFFO
Offices)
PREPARATION - Collect random co-ordinates.
Collect your co-ordinates in any way you see fit. The FFFO collected co-ordinates in this way:
1. Gaining employment with British Telecom Directory Enqiuries Services.
2. Making a note of the first initial of the person whose number was requested, and the door number of their property.
USING COLLECTED AND COLLATED INITIAL AND NUMBER COORDINATES, PLOT A GRID MAP OF THE COORDINATES ONTO A 3D SHAPE NET OF A CUBOID.
PUNCH HOLES IN THE SHAPE AT EACH COORDINATE POINT.
MAKE UP THE 3D CUBOID WITH A BRIGHT LIGHT SOURCE INSIDE.
PLACE CUBOID IN A DARK ROOM.
the cube should be viewed thus:
the cube is placed upon a high table which is bolted securely to the floor
the viewer is seated in a low chair, also bolted to the floor, which is attached to the table
the viewer places their chin upon the 'rest' attached to the table
the viewer places their left foot on the 'release pedal' under the table
the viewer focuses and concentrates on the cube
the 'release pedal' is a foot pedal attached to a release mechanism which is engeged when the foot is placed on the pedal
the 'release pedal' and release mechanism are in turn connected to a 'meteorite'
the 'meteorite' is held in a primed catapult, which is anchored to the front of the table and the release mechanism, and to the wall behind it
under tension
(certain elements of the 'meteorite' should remain 'unknown quantities':
i.e. - the material of which the meteorite is made is ?)
there should be considerable distance between the 'meteorite' and the table
whilst focussing on the cube, the viewer should also have the 'meteorite' in their line of vision
the viewer should be aware of the 'meteorite' not only visually, but via apparent tension transmitted through the foot pedal and release mechanism
once the 'release mechanism' is activated, the 'strike potential' of the meteorite is also activated
POSSIBILITIES
what happens if the pedal is released?
the meteorite may be released and strike the cube and/or the viewer
a strike may release unknown energies held within the cube
a strike may totally destroy the cube
a strike may totally destroy the viewer
the viewer may escape the impact
the cube may resist impact and remain undamaged
the viewr may resist impact and remain undamaged
the meteorite may fall to the floor
nothing might happen
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