Do you believe in the Telectroscope?

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Telectroscope New York (Source: Telectroscope)

It all began when London artist Paul St George went through his grandmother’s attic and found a packet of dusty papers in a trunk. The papers were from his great-grandfather, an engineer named Alexander Stanhope St George. From there the Telectroscope was born.

Hardly anyone knows that a secret tunnel runs deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean. In May 2008, more than a century after it was begun, the tunnel has finally been completed. An extraordinary optical device called a Telectroscope has been installed at both ends which miraculously allows people to see right through the Earth from London to New York and vice versa.

An illustration of the Telectroscope concept from Alexander Stanhope St George’s papers (Source: Wake up America)

Fulfillment of a Victorian dream? Or a whimsical contemporary public art project? Either way you know where I’ll be in June: The Fulton Ferry Landing by the Brooklyn Bridge.

Telectroscope London (Source: Telectroscope)

The Telectroscope lets Londoners and New Yorkers see each other in real time. (Source: CNN)

The Telectroscope is produced by Artichoke in partnership with Tiscali UK.

“It is a piece of art, and it’s also a sort of curiosity in a public space.” -Peter Coleman, New York organiser

Related links:
‘Telectroscope’ Connects New York, London in Real-Time from FoxNews.com
Do you believe in the telectroscope blog
Enter the amazing world of the Telectroscope… 22 May-15 June 2008 London
‘Tunnel’ links New York to London from the BBC
The Telectroscope lets Londoners and New Yorkers see each other in real time from CNN

~TAB

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