Is this Non-Euclidean Geometry?

WARNING: ANY REFERENCES TO NON-EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY IN THIS ARE INTENDED TO BE A JOKE. PEOPLE WITHOUT A SENSE OF HUMOR &/OR WITH STRONG LEANINGS TOWARDS COMPULSIVE RIGOR ARE ADVISED TO AVOID ITS USE. IF ACCIDENTALLY CONSUMED, DO NOT CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN TO ATTEMPT TO HAVE YOUR PARALLEL POSTULATE ADJUSTED. IT, TOO, WILL PASS. Michael Pestel & I made an installation entitled "Harps & Angles" together under the name of "Who is like God?s" that we also performed on as a part of the Pittsburgh Biennial at the PCA (Pittsburgh Center for the Arts) in 2003. The installation was too complex to describe in detail here but it involved 4 piano harps turned into table-tops. This footage was shot by Michael as he experimented w/ playing on one of the harps. I then took the footage & digitally sped it up to produce the pixillated effect here. I was reading about Non-Euclidean Geometry at the time & found it amusing the way that the basic geometry of a cylinder & parallel lines in perspective were then reconfigured by digital distortion into a 'new' geometry. Even though this probably has nothing to do w/ Non-Euclidean Geometry I thought the title was funny & decided to use it. - February 18, 2010 notes from tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE - AUGUST 19, 2011 WARNING FROM tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• Harps & Angles
• Michael Pestel
• Michael Tolson
• tENTATIVELY a cONVENIENCE
• piano harps
• geometry
• Who is like God?s
• PCA
• Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
• Pittsburgh Biennial
• installation

[Orblandblo]

No. It's Euclidean.

[blackholevision]

It sucks

[studiomilam]

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

[Max0Inq]

As long as this video is trying to fuck my eyes I can't care less what geometry is this.

[GenericRubbishName]

I don't get the joke. With a title like that, make it what it is advertised to be, or make it funny. This was neither.

[MrTenshihanQuinn]

@whatyouguysmissed: That's fucking weird, I JUST watched "the ring" an hour ago. *Starts writing his own Will*

[HarryWilson2718]

>I was reading about Non-Euclidean Geometry at the time & found it amusing the way that the basic geometry of a cylinder & parallel lines in perspective were then reconfigured by digital distortion into a new geometry.

Nope - no new geometry is formed. Certainly not by 'digital distortion'. i get the feeling you don't know what (non-)Euclidean Geometry is.

[pilebomber]

Damn physchology you scary!

[SeanDeigh13]

typical modern art

[ramoseven]

whats the definition of weird, fill it in

[whatyouguysmissed]

i have a feeling i will die 7 days after watching this video

[byron8334]

it's just a cylinder rolling on a piano with the sped up sound of teletubbies getting raped in the ass