Nov
9
Nik Harron Painting Decoded
By karlw
Last night was the Nik Harron art opening at Kwartzlab. During Niks talk he mentioned that one of his paintings titled “6-bit Message from Beyond the Great Divide” contained a coded message consisting of 6-bit binary characters. It didn’t take long for Kwartlzab member James Bastow to decode the painting. The decoded message is, “Lamarck Lives”.
For more information about the painting:
http://nikharron.com/6-bit-message-from-beyond-the-great-divide/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamarckism
For anyone looking for more of a challenge, try to decode the fourth panel of the Kryptos:










The second Kryptos panel was decoded as:
IT WAS TOTALLY INVISIBLE HOWS THAT POSSIBLE ? THEY USED THE EARTHS MAGNETIC FIELD X THE INFORMATION WAS GATHERED AND TRANSMITTED UNDERGRUUND TO AN UNKNOWN LOCATION X DOES LANGLEY KNOW ABOUT THIS ? THEY SHOULD ITS BURIED OUT THERE SOMEWHERE X WHO KNOWS THE EXACT LOCATION ? ONLY WW THIS WAS HIS LAST MESSAGE X THIRTY EIGHT DEGREES FIFTY SEVEN MINUTES SIX POINT FIVE SECONDS NORTH SEVENTY SEVEN DEGREES EIGHT MINUTES FORTY FOUR SECONDS WEST X LAYER TWO
The coordinates translate to 38.95180555555555 N, 77.14555555555556 W. Go to google maps and put that in the search box and see where it takes you.
Finally! I’m glad someone got the joke.
Cheers James!