[spectre] The Invisible Pink Unicorn: Art overtakes Faith in imagination

[Guy McMusker]

*“Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have
> not seen and yet have believed”  (John 20:29)*



April 24, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


THE APPARITION OF THE UNICORN
PINK AND INVISIBLE AT THE SAME TIME

According to Steve Eley « Invisible Pink Unicorns are beings of great
spiritual power. We know this because they are capable of being invisible
and pink at the same time.» These legendary figures appeared in the Internet
legends of the early 90’s but for what is known, this is the first time an
invisible pink unicorn has been seen in public.
Like in a collective mystic vision, this night, at the midnight of the
Easter day, the magnificent figure of a great pink unicorn appears in St.
Peter’s Square of Rome, suspended in air over the Vatican Obelisk,
surrounded by devoted believers, pilgrims and tourists of any sort.
As far as it’s universally recognized that Easter transcends it’s meaning in
other monotheistic religions as a “pass over” moment, even the Invisible
Pink Unicorn manifested itself and personified a new crucial moment, opening
a new shining season for collective visions and joyful hallucinations.


THE UBIQUITOUS MONUMENT
AN ETERNAL RESHAPE OF THE ETERNAL CITY

This time no one has to die or resurrect to declare a new amazing religion:
the mysterious pink flying unicorn is just the latest imaginary intervention
by the artists duo Les Liens Invisibles in collaboration with KoOk Artgency
of Rome.
A Monument to the Invisible Pink Unicorn - which is a work and symbol of
atheism, fervid imagination and hope - has been permanently placed in the
middle of the square and all the passersby can now admire it  through the
comfortable viewer of their smart-phones freely installing the popular Layar
AR application.
According to the authors the Invisible Unicorn is not a joke and it won't be
removed it from its current position. The virtual sculpture is “real”,
(in)visible and it has to be taken into serious consideration: it is the way
a recontextualized symbol can alter, challenge and reshape the perception of
a public space -  especially a very closed and symbolic one like the St.
Peter’s Square in Rome.


BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO HAVE NOT SEEN
AND YET HAVE BELIEVED

Are you ready to start a new pilgrimage to the Holy See, now even more holy
than ever?
The ubiquitous, pink and invisible, virtual monument is currently exhibited
both in the augmented space of the famous Vatican Square and in the
immaterial space of an Internet domain.
The Invisible Pink Unicorn is waiting for you. Don’t miss the call!


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LINKS
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Website of the Monument to the Invisible Unicorn
www.monumenttotheinvisiblepinkunicorn.com

Video & photo documentation of the apparition
http://invisibile.unicornorosa.org/gallery

Website of the apparition
www.unicornorosa.org

Watch the Pink Unicorn in the Augmented Space
http://m.layar.com/open/thepinkunicorn

You can freely download the Layar Application to see the Unicorn at
www.layar.com

The IPU’s legend over the Internet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_Pink_Unicorn
www.invisiblepinkunicorn.com
www.palmyria.co.uk/humour/ipu.htm



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CREDITS
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A project by
*Les Liens Invisibles*
www.lesliensinvisibles.org

in collaboration with
*KoOk ARTgency*
www.kook.it

Supported by
*Silvie Inb Contemporary Art*
www.silvieinbgallery.com

3D Modeling
*Matrjoska*
www.matrjoska.com

Augmented Reality
*Quivi AR Solutions*

Video documentation
*OnOff Pictures*


-- 
Guy McMusker
Les Liens Invisibles
www.lesliensinvisibles.org
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