Word: touche
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Several large, swaying pieces hanging over the stairs create a dizzying effect as you go up to the gallery. Then a brief moment of fright rushes through you as you notice the sign on the railing saying "High Voltage, Do Not Touch" and you wonder what would have happened if you hadn't noticed the sign...
Gaslight Phenomena, the exhibit of kinetic light sculpture by Alejandro Sina at the Institute of Contemporary Art until May 1, is just that kind of art. It is fun to be hypnotized by the pieces that whirl in intricate patterns, to touch the "Touch Bulbs" and to gaze at the gently swaying hanging pices...
Sina does believe in participatory art, though, and this exhibit includes four "Touch Bulbs." After the ominous "High Voltage" warnings, signs saying "Please Touch" are refreshing. At first, however, as you touch the bulb, feel a tingle in your hand, hear static, and see lightning-like rays jump out at your hand, the experience is scary...
Peter Ryde, who succeeded Darwin as the golf correspondent for The London Times in 1953, has compiled an anthology of Darwin's essays that broach a wide range of subjects although most touch in some way on the game that consumed his life. The book, entitled Mostly Golf, was recently released to commemorate the centennial of Darwin's birth on September 7, 1876 in Downe, Kent...
...satisfied. "We see the ordinary customer only a couple of years after he buys his car," he laments. "That's not soon enough. We'd like to sell him shock absorbers and other things." The company is now also operating three self-service gas stations. The Midas touch, it seems, is still there. One station pumped 115,000 gal. in its first month, almost four times as much as the average brand station...