[NetBehaviour] The Longest Line

[Pall Thayer]

Thanks Alan.

On Thu, Mar 14, 2019 at 1:36 PM Alan Sondheim via NetBehaviour <
netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org> wrote:

> I really really really love this piece, and yes, Richard Long and then
> there's also Hamish Fulton, and the British father and daughter that just
> rowed across the Atlantic and I think he rowed solo between N. America and
> Australia and of course there are asymptotics like sin(tan(x)) approaching
> 0 (which produces interesting symmetries on calculators) - and the colors
> in your piece are amazing as is the slight raggedness of the line itself.
> Congratulations!
>
> On Thu, Mar 14, 2019 at 1:16 PM Pall Thayer via NetBehaviour <
> netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org> wrote:
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>> Thanks! Obviously, I wanted this to be a commentary of sorts on the
>> captivating effects of sites that employ the "infinite scroll". The idea to
>> use a simple line, however, was inspired by my vague recollections of a
>> land art piece that involved the artist creating a line in nature simply by
>> walking. I came up with the title "The Longest Line" before I googled who
>> that land artist was. When I did find him, I was pleased that it was
>> Richard Long and that my title already, although inadvertently, referenced
>> him.
>>
>> https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/long-a-line-made-by-walking-p07149
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 14, 2019 at 1:00 PM Julian Brooks <lists at julianbrooks.net>
>> wrote:
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>>> Loving this, stunning piece. Thanks Pall.
>>>
>>> Julian
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