December 17, 2008
Finding the Symphonic Sculpture
or How to Let the Internet Do Your Marketing for You.
I'd never heard of the stained glass structure known at the 'Symphonic Sculpture', by Gabriel Loire, which resides at the Hakone Open air Museum, in Hakone, Japan.
How did I find out about it? Nothing to do with the Hakone Open Air Museum, that's for sure.
I was doing a general search for 'stained glass' on YouTube and came across this video. It's low resolution, and a bit shaky all around, but it was enough to get me intrigued.
My next stop was to go the official website, which is of little use. You have to scroll down to the very bottom of the collections webpage to see anything at all about the stained glass. Even then, it's just a name and a small image, with no backstory.
So, I went back to the web and, as usual, I tried a Flickr search for "Symphonic Sculpture", and there it was - interior shots, exterior shots both day and night, close-ups.
Wide angle interior shot by Aaron Paulson
Still no backstory yet, but I've seen enough to appreciate this as a pretty remarkable work of stained glass. Thanks to YouTube and Flickr.
Posted by Tom at December 17, 2008 07:29 AM