Posted
on December 13, 2016
You
see, there's this guy who runs and walks across fresh snow in snowshoes,
creating mathematically-precise drawings in the snow.
Each gorgeous
piece of landscape art takes hours – sometimes as much as 11 hours!
– to create...and each piece is ephemeral. That is, his artwork is
“short lived.” Obviously, wind, more snowfall, rain, and sun can
and does ruin his art pieces...
Just
as obviously, his artwork can and does live on in photography and
videos.
“This
guy” is named Simon Beck. He creates his artwork mostly in the
Alps, about 30 pieces per winter. He started doing it for fun, and his main jobs were orienteering and mapmaking, but
now creating snow art is his main occupation.
Making
precise mathematical designs in the snow is incredibly difficult. I
mean, it seems so easy – you put on snowshoes and walk or run on
the path, right? But how do you keep straight lines straight or
curves smooth or angles correct? Beck only uses a compass and counts
paces. I'm...bewildered and in awe about how he manages to do so
much, with so little!
Another
reason creating the snow art is challenging is that Beck cannot start
in the middle (he'd have to be magically poofed into the center of
the field of virgin snow), and he cannot get from one spot to
another, unconnected spot (more magical poofs would be required). He
has to plan ahead how to start on one edge of his planned design and
somehow create it all in a connected way! Um....
Um...
Okay, I think he probably really DOES use magic!
Anyway,
enjoy!
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| This close-up photo shows how deep some of Beck's lines are. |
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| Can you imagine accidentally running into one of Beck's pieces? |
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| Even in the springtime, Beck's melting art looks lovely and magical. |
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| Sometimes Beck does less mathematical art and more representational art. |
By
the way, Simon Beck has also learned to make his mathematical art
pieces in sand. And he's create a book of his snow art photos, and
he's inspired a line of clothing with mathematical designs, and and
and...
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