Telectroscope to London Unveiled at Brooklyn Bridge

The festivities commemorating the 125th birthday of the Brooklyn Bridge got underway full swing today with the unveiling of the mysterious Telectroscope at the Fulton Ferry Landing, just south of the bridge at 1 Water Street. The installation's creator, Paul St George, claims to have just completed a forgotten tunnel connecting New York to London and, using giant parabolic mirrors, has reconstructed a Victorian-era optical device enabling people on either end of the tube to wave at each other.

Presented by the Artichoke art collective, who built the massive ambulatory “Sultan’s Elephant” in London two years ago, the Telectroscope will be open for gawkers 24/7 until June 15th. Attendants on hand supply visitors with dry-erase boards to write messages for the Londoners on the other side, at Tower Bridge. It's just frustrating that with the dollar so low, they can't toss a few pounds though the tunnel.

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By John Del Signore in Arts and Events on May 22, 2008 2:32 PM

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Atan

That’s intriguing, how far that Telectroscope can see? I wonder if I can see moon clearly when I use that? | cheap ffxiv gil

zodak

lol, 'thefacts' you are just dumb.

it was really cool & i couldn't help but take pictures of it.

blessed is the Meek

NY Post did a good story on it - couple of funny brits...who knew they did video?

http://www.nypost.com/video/?vxSiteId=0db7b365-a288-4708-857b-8bdb545cbd0f&vxChannel=PostFeatured&vxClipId=1458_291345&vxBitrate=300

Mingus_Dew

Just because it is a LIVE video feed doesn't make it any less cool or awesome. You, thefacts, should lighten up. It is a great fanciful artistic project and shows that not everyone takes life so seriously...

thefacts

#12 got it right, it is a video, you stupid shites!

A sucker is born every minute. The 'cool' and 'awesome' resposes reveal the IQ of the average commenter on this blog.

Nick S

wow. between this and the waterfalls this is going to be a good summer for free public art!

kudos to whoever at city hall is approving all this good work.

Neil Epstein

so cool, this should be permanent.

sonyactivision

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

mocanlagunas

1 pound for londoners?!? Ha!

Think2wice

HRM King Edward and President Teddy Roosevelt were on hand to inaugurate this mechanical marvel.

Pure steampunk, I love it. Can't wait to see it.

littlepinkknife

this article explains it all, as does his website:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/21/arts/design/21tele.html?scp=1&sq=telectroscope&st=nyt

http://www.tiscali.co.uk/telectroscope/