If we ever go extinct, I hope this is what future civilizations find. A giant metal sphere with no function except to randomly shoot pillars of flame into the air.
@@chechnya You don't get it for doing a specific thing like pushing a button or cranking a lever. Skinner box (simplified) = You+Action - > Reward, You +No action - > no reward. Here you don't have a specific action to fulfill so its not a skinner box :)
I don't know which is sillier. Tom standing there waiting for the flame to go off or me watching Tom standing there waiting for the flame to go off. Props to Tom. And props to the artist for a sculpture well done.
No its completely normal for people to be watching other people do things these days, we have become a world of voyeurs Its funny to see people on youtube on the train watching documentaries of places theyd rather be like dude just get off the train and go then!
I already looked longer at this artwork than a regular view looks at a painting. Artist knows what he's doing. From a huff post article about the average view time of paintings: "One found that an average viewer goes up to a painting, looks at it for less than two seconds, reads the wall text for another 10 seconds, glances at the painting to verify something in the text, and moves on. Another survey concluded people looked for a median time of 17 seconds."
I was honestly expecting to find out it was built off centre, or each chimney was 1 foot out of alignment or something, but I think this is just as annoying.
In the Technion university in Haifa, there is a sculpture called "The Obelisk", which was originally intended to be operating and moving, but due to design errors, when it operates it makes sounds that are described by the locals as "the agonized screams of horrified students cramming for a Calculus exam". Nowadays, they only turn it on once a year for a few days.
Fun fact: When Elia is struck by lightning, its design will make an echo of it which lasts about 40 seconds. Fun fact 2: It WILL erupt at least once every 19 days. (If weather conditions allow it)
@@DidierLoiseau i'm guessing 19 days but sometimes it fails to erupt because the wind, so it can actually go much longer without lighting if its unlucky with wind.
Ah, neat. My dad helped build this thing. When they were building it, an old lady who lived nearby asked when they would be done with it. She didn't like all the construction noise they were making. My dad jokingly said that they had to move the entire thing twenty meters to the left, so they wouldn't be finished anytime soon. He then pointed the old lady towards to build leader, and she then promptly walked over to and began to scold him for building Elia in the wrong place.
As a tall person I see no problem with theses stairs.... which is probably why there is a problem considering everything seems to be built for people a foot shorter than I...
@@hopkinsmiler I don't know about watching it for an hour But I definitely did watch Tom, watch the sculpture, until the end of the video Satirical Nonsensical LOVE IT!!
Those 'chimneys' are actually lightning rods, and the space below are meant to resonate, if a lightning strikes them. I wonder if the computer registers hits by lightning as well?
Isn't that 4 people that have lost their lives then ? Also I have never seen it actual erupt for the 3 years I lived there, though I was told it was turned off and only was tuned on rarely.
I was suddenly struck by the thought: 'Mallrats'. In that movie, there is a character called Willam who tries to view one of those 'magic pictures' that were popular in the 1990's. Everyone can see the hidden image ( a ship), except him, including a small child who merely glances at it on entering the mall. Willam even takes a packed lunch in so he can stand all day looking at this damn picture. As the end credits roll, it is shown what happened to the characters (by the way, this movie has the best Stan Lee cameo ever. EVER.), when it gets to Willam, it says: 'Willam never saw the ship.' Tom, standing there, waiting for the flame that never comes, reminded me of Willam. Fascinating installation, though. I like it. It's pleasingly sinister.
And power it from where? Or using what computer? And how would you prevent it from being stolen? Plus, as Tom said in the video, being there in person would be a completely different experience to watching it on a screen.
@@aliciacarr9014 theres clearly a building right behind the sculpture, also in the last part of the video tom stands next to what looks like a tall lamp post. So mount it on top, get 220v from the obviously ready sources ? I mean loads of places have live webcam feeds.
@@aliciacarr9014 Powered by wind and solar with battery backup, just a smart phone on mobile data in a locked plastic box. Doesn't completely eliminate the chance of theft, but if it's an older model and you configure it to brick itself if stolen, that would help a bit.
I live in Herning and I love Elia! The gigant steps are a struggle, but you feel so satisfied when you reach the top, especially if you climb all four sides! This will of course leave you with sore muscles the following day. I like stranding at the top in all kinds of weather, looking at the flat fields that surrounds Elia. It's often quite windy here, and you feel the wind so strongly at the top. My children and dog love Elia too, we often go there, even at night. Looking at stars, or at a full moon, feels really special from Elia. How you perceive a piece of art is never the same for two people, but to me this huge, odd thing has come to belong here, and represents to me that not everything has to be as straight forward.
@@saacinecrozma8317 The only way it would make sense would be if every date had the second number matching up to the last 2 digits of the year. "Oh I see what programming mistake they did there".
... the whole thing would have transformed into a huge advertisement for a load of different products at once before falling apart and each piece exploding individually.
Pretty genius if you think about it. People constantly watch or "admire" this piece of art waiting to see if it will shoot flames. Thus, people probably watch it longer than they normally would if the flames were on a regular schedule.
Basic psychology! B. F. Skinner found that a rat will press a lever more often if the rat only sometimes receives a food pellet (versus if the rat always receives a food pellet after n number of presses). See also: slot machines. /yes, I know this comment is two years old. shut up
I'm so glad you said that about the Mona Lisa. There's just something about art that must be experienced, it just isn't the same as seeing a photo of it. It's kinda watching a recording of a live show and seeing the band play live yourself, the energy and the experience is so much more intense in person.
I was surprised to see this video because I've actually seen this sculpture, although not the flames, when I visited my relatives in Denmark who live near Herning. It's kind of cool, but weird. It definitely looks like an artfully designed power plant.
"I was so lucky" "it's amazing how lucky I was" "I went to this place I can't talk about" "everything was so lucky" - "lets stand here and see if I can get lucky with the flames" - greatest troll of 2017 so far
At 1:05 you show a sign that tells you what it is. It is a over pressure relase station. The gas it lett on fire for saftey reasons. Best regards from the Danish plumber :)
Damn, you have really figured out the secret for getting on 'Trending'. Every single video you do ends up there. Not to take anything away from the vids themselves, I think they are great.
When I lived in Herning, Elia was my go-to workout spot. Those long steps are great for that! It's frequented by a lot of the Parkour community in the area. Fun to see it here!
Well it served as a great contestant-deliverysystem for The "darwin Award" since two people have died on this location the past 6 months.by falling into the the fireburner, atleast one of them, actually didnt see any pictures from there so interesting video but abit 'controversial':) maybe Tom even waited out abit to upload it?
I think it gives us an insight on our crave for availability. We wanna see animals? We go to the zoo. We want some information? We google it. We want emotions? We watch a movie. But this art takes us back to the point - which was not long ago! - when things weren't available at arbitrary times. And this non-availability makes it so uncomfortable to us. We can not get control over it. We can not predict it. It is raw and wild and we must accept this as its nature.
Wow, what a crazy idea! Imagine if this happened in nature! If large structures suddenly burst gouts of flame from their summits at random intervals... hang on a minute...
Imagine setting up a camera waiting for weeks on end for it to burst into flames, with the camera recording. And when you finally see it.... Sh*t forgot to press record
if it had a set time, then there would be crowds and people would only go to see the fire. this way, you can enjoy the art fully, you're not just there for the fire
The last eruption listed in the website was October 7th last year, has it been turned off or is the website not up to date, or is it just an unnaturally long waiting period?
I did some calculations using data provided on the website and average time difference between two consecutive fires is 15 days 23 hours 27 minutes and 27.28862973768264 seconds (15d 23:27:27).
"It might be months..." *flame starts existing* "... between eruptions. It might be days. And according to an article in the local news it won't go off if the wind is too high, which it probably is today, or if there are any people close. Elia's website doesn't tell you when the flames are going to be. It just archives the time and date of all the ones that you've missed. They keep that up-to-date to taunt you, I guess, idk. And sure, there are a couple of photos or videos from people online, who have been lucky. You can go online and see that." *flame stops existing* "But you can go online and see..."
This is actually really cool. I love art that feels as if it wasn't meant for humans, it gives a feeling of what other species could be like, or of something that "is there for itself."
If we ever go extinct, I hope this is what future civilizations find. A giant metal sphere with no function except to randomly shoot pillars of flame into the air.
I think they would either be a shrine to a fire god, or a monument left by previous visitors to our planet.
@@donpacificbobcat9er615 the gas gas would run out
@@OliverLMinecraftMachine Thank you for using your infinite wisdom to poke holes in the flawless logic of a joke.
@Desk fair play
I was about to leave a like but then I noticed you were at 666. So for absolutely no logical reason at all I will leave it at that.
Imagine standing there for hours and finally giving up only to hear it go off when you got into your car and it stops as you get out...
Being in Denmark, it would probably happen when you start cycling in cold air, missing a nice hand warm up (which would add up to frustration).
😂
Kaleb Bruwer that’s the story of my life
This thing is close to where i live and i have never seen it go off
Kaleb Bruwer That’s why you shouldn’t stand there for hours
Well... This is an artist who figured out a way to keep people watching his work for no good reason.
Visual_Vexing I think this is the definition of a Skinner box...
@@ethan4896 Not really. You're not rewarded for doing something.
@@Siegmernes Isn't seeing the flame go off a visual reward?
@@chechnya You don't get it for doing a specific thing like pushing a button or cranking a lever. Skinner box (simplified) = You+Action - > Reward, You +No action - > no reward.
Here you don't have a specific action to fulfill so its not a skinner box :)
Big fire = good reason 🔥
"Here's hoping"
*Fire column shoots out*
"ONE TAKE!!! WOOOO"
If only
u got me damit
Once again, a counterexample to the best of all possible worlds hypothesis of Leibniz.
That would have been absolutely amazing, and I probably would have called the entire thing staged if that happened.
"This, is the-"
*flame shoots out*
I don't know which is sillier. Tom standing there waiting for the flame to go off or me watching Tom standing there waiting for the flame to go off. Props to Tom. And props to the artist for a sculpture well done.
No its completely normal for people to be watching other people do things these days, we have become a world of voyeurs
Its funny to see people on youtube on the train watching documentaries of places theyd rather be like dude just get off the train and go then!
I already looked longer at this artwork than a regular view looks at a painting. Artist knows what he's doing.
From a huff post article about the average view time of paintings: "One found that an average viewer goes up to a painting, looks at it for less than two seconds, reads the wall text for another 10 seconds, glances at the painting to verify something in the text, and moves on. Another survey concluded people looked for a median time of 17 seconds."
@@theothertonydutch also you need to have good shoes (for shuffling)
As well as “Ça plane pour moi” playing
Because we all like to believe in miracles.
I know what's sillier! Me watching you.....watching Tom....watch the sculpture.
I'm from Scandinavia. One of the ways we manage to keep warm is by closing our jackets. We might be wrong, but it really seems to help.
Lmao
Need to see the trademark hoody
That's not keeping in mind random fireflames!
If it went off, it'd have been way too warm for him! D:
I love you
Another way we keep warm is giant flames
I was honestly expecting to find out it was built off centre, or each chimney was 1 foot out of alignment or something, but I think this is just as annoying.
Imagine both, now you created a mental image of an even more annoying work of art
Same!
Well, we could do both now
I thought there was some sort of frustrating illusion or something
That would have been just straight up infuriating, not just annoying.
It's a weird slide.
Go up the stairs, slide down on the sides of the structure :-)
There is a solution to that. Somebody needs to pile up sand on the base, so that it can be safe to land after the slide :-)
@@TheSexyFerret That sounds like quitter talk to me!
I’m from Herning where this is. And got at few friends with broken ankels because of that
@@teambees ask them if it was worth it, no sarcasm :D
@@TheSexyFerret you could always secretly add some modifications
In the Technion university in Haifa, there is a sculpture called "The Obelisk", which was originally intended to be operating and moving, but due to design errors, when it operates it makes sounds that are described by the locals as "the agonized screams of horrified students cramming for a Calculus exam". Nowadays, they only turn it on once a year for a few days.
Hey, my sister studies there!
They have a great playlist on vector calculus!
Fun fact: When Elia is struck by lightning, its design will make an echo of it which lasts about 40 seconds.
Fun fact 2: It WILL erupt at least once every 19 days.
(If weather conditions allow it)
Fun fact 2 contradicts what Tom said in the video
@@herlinjm I bet you're fun at parties
@@DidierLoiseau i'm guessing 19 days but sometimes it fails to erupt because the wind, so it can actually go much longer without lighting if its unlucky with wind.
@@herlinjm Fun fact: you're the target audience
@@herlinjm speech 100
Art that doesn't want to be seen during regular Denmark weather or when people are looking or even close to it.
Trolling level Expert.
Nobody else is going to like your comment because the number is fun to look at. 777.. Until I came along.
Nobody else is going to like your comment because the number is fun to look at. 900.. Until I came along.
Nobody else is going to like your comment because the number is fun to look at. 965.. Until I came along.
i can't like this comment as there are exactly 999 likes. it seems very oddly satisfying.
@@anatine_banana_69 cmoooooooooooon... Like... Like! Like! Like! 🤔😂
Ah, neat. My dad helped build this thing.
When they were building it, an old lady who lived nearby asked when they would be done with it. She didn't like all the construction noise they were making. My dad jokingly said that they had to move the entire thing twenty meters to the left, so they wouldn't be finished anytime soon. He then pointed the old lady towards to build leader, and she then promptly walked over to and began to scold him for building Elia in the wrong place.
Stuffy old busybodies
lawl
@@Integritys_Sum that vocabulary makes it seem like you're one of those too. Well, atleast the old part.
Showing you standing on the stairs would give us a sense of scale. Like this they just look like normal stairs.
Think of what it would be like for a baby to walk up normal stairs, that is how it feels walking up these
Good point
@@ClareBearCB seriously?! Whoa!!!
You can tell the scale by looking at the railings, which are put there at a normal height for people to hold onto (probably because of regulations).
As a tall person I see no problem with theses stairs.... which is probably why there is a problem considering everything seems to be built for people a foot shorter than I...
I'm convinced that modern art is made by people to confuse future generations into thinking we communicated with aliens
Imagine if some dude 3000 years ago in Egypt thought the same thing .... oh ...wait
You must be joking. There is no such thing as a giant triangle in the middle of a desert.
I'm convinced that modern art is a scam and pure garbage made by people with no talent what so ever.
@@bob-wo3ir You couldn't be more wrong.
@@bob-wo3ir I’m convinced a lot of it is used as a guise for human trafficking.
This was all that remained after the "Teletubbies" home makeover didn't go quite as planned.
LMAO
Underrated comment right here yall
If the Teletubbies got into Scandinavian metal & decided to do a home makeover!
Omegalul
you were very lucky that day but not lucky enough for the flame
Being a protagonist has it's limits.
I knew, going in, that it was almost certainly far too windy. Worth a try though...
I was really waiting for it considering how lucky he said the shoot was
I feel like he would have mentioned something in that other video if that had happened.. just too big to hold secret
Yeah he probably would have said *something* to let Matt know I guess. He was being particular about spoilers though, so I still had hoped.
Did you consider making the end of this video an hour long, showing you just watching it?
You did, didn't you?
I was actually ready to watch it for an hour.
@@hopkinsmiler I don't know about watching it for an hour
But I definitely did watch Tom, watch the sculpture, until the end of the video
Satirical
Nonsensical
LOVE IT!!
Best option: Wait for 10 minutes for that ad revenue, and trick people onto thinking it goes off by ending at such a specific time.
@@Naokarma Genius
so how high were those steps? (Because I usually take 2 steps at a time; so this might be the right size)
Then they'd be about the right height for you!
but about how high?
too high
ΛΞPHAX hut how high is that?
They are about 35-40cm tall
Those 'chimneys' are actually lightning rods, and the space below are meant to resonate, if a lightning strikes them.
I wonder if the computer registers hits by lightning as well?
Gotta charge the batteries somehow
I wonder which is more rare fire or lightning?
its a classic 4 rod disaster
if it gets hit by lightning it echos for a minute.
wouldn't sensing for lighting just destroy the computer? im sure they insulated it from the lightning and so therefore no it won't sense lightning.
Someone unfortunately recently lost their life cleaning one of the chimneys. Investigation is still ongoing as to how it happened.
is that why there have been no eruptions since October?
@@MenloMarseilles It was not more than a few months ago.
RIP
Isn't that 4 people that have lost their lives then ? Also I have never seen it actual erupt for the 3 years I lived there, though I was told it was turned off and only was tuned on rarely.
@@-JustHuman- It's not erupted for nearly a year now, at least it's not been updated on the website.
I was suddenly struck by the thought: 'Mallrats'. In that movie, there is a character called Willam who tries to view one of those 'magic pictures' that were popular in the 1990's. Everyone can see the hidden image ( a ship), except him, including a small child who merely glances at it on entering the mall. Willam even takes a packed lunch in so he can stand all day looking at this damn picture. As the end credits roll, it is shown what happened to the characters (by the way, this movie has the best Stan Lee cameo ever. EVER.), when it gets to Willam, it says: 'Willam never saw the ship.' Tom, standing there, waiting for the flame that never comes, reminded me of Willam. Fascinating installation, though. I like it. It's pleasingly sinister.
THERE IS NO EASTER BUNNY
Thank you for reminding me of something I never managed to see as a kid either... :(
It's a schooner!
god i hadnt thought of that movie in years. well i know what im watching tonight.
as far as the sculpture goes i must admit it is fascinatingly fugly.
Very poetic at the end, to film yourself waiting for the flame.
should've been one hour of uncut footage of tom just standing there
in today's age of digital technology, i would like a livestream webcam of this, so i can watch from here...
I figured someone would have set up a camera. But I guess that contradicts the meaning and beauty of the this.
And power it from where? Or using what computer? And how would you prevent it from being stolen? Plus, as Tom said in the video, being there in person would be a completely different experience to watching it on a screen.
@@aliciacarr9014 theres clearly a building right behind the sculpture, also in the last part of the video tom stands next to what looks like a tall lamp post. So mount it on top, get 220v from the obviously ready sources ? I mean loads of places have live webcam feeds.
@@aliciacarr9014 Powered by wind and solar with battery backup, just a smart phone on mobile data in a locked plastic box. Doesn't completely eliminate the chance of theft, but if it's an older model and you configure it to brick itself if stolen, that would help a bit.
I live in Herning and I love Elia! The gigant steps are a struggle, but you feel so satisfied when you reach the top, especially if you climb all four sides! This will of course leave you with sore muscles the following day. I like stranding at the top in all kinds of weather, looking at the flat fields that surrounds Elia. It's often quite windy here, and you feel the wind so strongly at the top. My children and dog love Elia too, we often go there, even at night. Looking at stars, or at a full moon, feels really special from Elia. How you perceive a piece of art is never the same for two people, but to me this huge, odd thing has come to belong here, and represents to me that not everything has to be as straight forward.
at night with kinds? I went there at night once and it was so sinister with the noise from the highway and wind from a distance
2:14 I wonder how long Tom stood with his back to the camera before turning it off.
It actually shot for at 3:54
i like to think he's still waiting
I've been past this on the train so many times and I never once knew that it shot flames.
I'm just trying to imagine what your reaction would have been if you unexpectedly saw flames start gushing out one day when you passed it.
@@dark2023-1lovesoni 😂
@@dark2023-1lovesoni Probably "Oh no, the freaking sculpture is on fire!"
Lived by it for 3 years, never seen it either. From what I know it was turned totally off at one point.
"Ingvar Cronhammar"
That's the most Viking name I've heard. Such a badass name.
You should see his beard.
0:29
Tom: "steps upto the viewing gallery are uncomfortably high"
Me: oh look handrails for the elderly:)
You really have a knack for informing and simultaneously entertaining. Your voice and delivery are superb.
Subscribed.
Any Tom Scott video you watch is never skip-able
looked up the recent bursts on the website. Apparently there was a burst in 13-16-2016. I didn't know there was such a month as quattuordecember
Indeed! at 6 : 53 PM
It also apparently thrice at the exact same time on 27-03-17. At 9:48.
Wha--
Even in American date writing, this still makes no sense
@@saacinecrozma8317 The only way it would make sense would be if every date had the second number matching up to the last 2 digits of the year. "Oh I see what programming mistake they did there".
You have no idea how much this has made me laugh, and that makes me sad
@@saacinecrozma8317 day month year.. it works fine, it is how most of the world does it.
Michael Bay doesn't direct for Tom Scott, but if he did...
... the whole thing would have transformed into a huge advertisement for a load of different products at once before falling apart and each piece exploding individually.
Pretty genius if you think about it. People constantly watch or "admire" this piece of art waiting to see if it will shoot flames. Thus, people probably watch it longer than they normally would if the flames were on a regular schedule.
Basic psychology! B. F. Skinner found that a rat will press a lever more often if the rat only sometimes receives a food pellet (versus if the rat always receives a food pellet after n number of presses). See also: slot machines.
/yes, I know this comment is two years old. shut up
I'm so glad you said that about the Mona Lisa. There's just something about art that must be experienced, it just isn't the same as seeing a photo of it. It's kinda watching a recording of a live show and seeing the band play live yourself, the energy and the experience is so much more intense in person.
Imagine if it happened right when the stop button was pressed 😂
I have been there! We just called it "The router" when we drove past it! It was a little bit more sunny also! :)
And also, wasnt there some teens who died there recently? They ran up and thought there was a floor underneath and jumped and died. :(
Yep. He didn't know about the hole in the middle and it was dark.
:(
is it bad imagined that with the Mario death sound?
that adds up. I'm never visiting this thing
Wow, what a beautiful and absurd work. I'll be looking more into this person's sculptures.
-Said no one ever
Maybe I should have put in some exclamation points, I'm not being sarcastic. I want to see this in person.
Merthan E. It's really sad that you thought this person was being sarcastic.
Xiran Wang It's just sad that you think that I thought he was sarcastic, even though I only made a joke.
No, no. They don't do anything if you look into them. You have to stand back and watch them from a distance.
I was surprised to see this video because I've actually seen this sculpture, although not the flames, when I visited my relatives in Denmark who live near Herning. It's kind of cool, but weird. It definitely looks like an artfully designed power plant.
I can always put my faith in Tom Scott to inform me about stuff in my country which I've never heard about. Thanks, Tom!
Legend has it that Tom is still stood there, watching and waiting to this day
"I was so lucky" "it's amazing how lucky I was" "I went to this place I can't talk about" "everything was so lucky" - "lets stand here and see if I can get lucky with the flames" - greatest troll of 2017 so far
At 1:05 you show a sign that tells you what it is. It is a over pressure relase station. The gas it lett on fire for saftey reasons. Best regards from the Danish plumber :)
It needs a massive straw goat on the top of it. :)
I'm confused why this comment doesn't have more upvotes.
???
Robin Gilliver watch toms video on the straw goat
@@alyssashih2895
Please try to explain.
I understood that reference!
The way you describe Ingvar Cronhammar's art along with the setting of Elia reminds me of the movie: Arrival
It'd be interesting to find out what date and time this was filmed on, and then when the nearest flame burst was, to see how much Tom missed it by
Damn, you have really figured out the secret for getting on 'Trending'. Every single video you do ends up there.
Not to take anything away from the vids themselves, I think they are great.
I've been there twice in 2 years, and I didn't even know about the flame thrower.
Before I saw the date of the video, I thought the “frustrating part” was going to be all the deaths related to it
This art has killed and nobody seems to talk about that
The part at the end where we get to watch with Tom is a nice touch :)
Imagine how amazing it would have been if the fire appeared while you were staring at it at the end
"One take, woo!"
There should have been a 2 hour loop of Tom standing there at the end just so people think it went off in the video
in 2016 two people died at this sculpture. One fell down the pit, one suicide and just recent a worker died maintaining the chimneys :(
When I lived in Herning, Elia was my go-to workout spot. Those long steps are great for that! It's frequented by a lot of the Parkour community in the area. Fun to see it here!
No one lives in Herning.
I'm binge watching. Tom Scott, sir, you are an enabler. I thank you.
This might just be my favourite Tom Scott video ever. And the competition is steep.
this is like the next level of when the DVD square finally goes into a corner
May I recommend the Solar Furnace in Odeillo? It really is an amazing place!
"At random decided by a computer"
Computer: Looks like it's time for world domination!
It just went off a few minutes ago!
Elia's site says "12-09-20 AT. 00:11"
It literally went from erupting 36 times in 2020 to ONCE in 2022.
Here's hoping for 2023
Anyone got a video of it going off?
2:32 i like how you cut to it burning
you watched the title card in its entirety, tom has already fooled you.
Who else was waiting for a telletubby to hop out?
Only one in black leather, because if this is teletubbyland, and the hils are black with fire, so are the tubbies.
Legend has it, Tom is still stood there to this day
I’m from Denmark and did not knew about this XD. Now I feel like going there are stare at it for hours or days to see the eruption
Imagine if it had gone off just as you shut the camera off. Now THAT would have been frustrating.
Sounds like a huge waste of money
Andyyyk47 Sounds like... Humanity
All art is technically a waste of money.
You sound like a huge waste of money.
Well it served as a great contestant-deliverysystem for The "darwin Award" since two people have died on this location the past 6 months.by falling into the the fireburner, atleast one of them, actually didnt see any pictures from there so interesting video but abit 'controversial':) maybe Tom even waited out abit to upload it?
More like a very very small waste of money.
Does anyone know whether or not this art installation is currently "on" so to speak the latest eruption was a long time ago 🤔
Can we just appreciate how bloody cool the name *Ingvar Cronhammar* is?
I love how he managed to be there in the most western danish weather ever. Cold, windy and too rainy to be comfortable.
I just found out the artist, Ingvar Cronhammar passed away this year. Rest In Peace.
his videos are perfect if you just woke up to school and want to watch something but you don't have time for there 10 minutes videos ^^
You said you were super lucky that day. I was expecting the fire.
I think it gives us an insight on our crave for availability. We wanna see animals? We go to the zoo. We want some information? We google it. We want emotions? We watch a movie. But this art takes us back to the point - which was not long ago! - when things weren't available at arbitrary times. And this non-availability makes it so uncomfortable to us. We can not get control over it. We can not predict it. It is raw and wild and we must accept this as its nature.
this channel never ceases to amaze me!!!!!
Saw it more than once from the motorway nearby. Thought the chimneys were supposed to be lightning rods.
They are
1:26 that is a vintage motion detector. My mom's house is full of them, installed in the late 90's with their antiquated alarm system.
If you stand still it wouldn't go off right?
Wow, what a crazy idea! Imagine if this happened in nature! If large structures suddenly burst gouts of flame from their summits at random intervals... hang on a minute...
legends say Tom is still standing there...
waiting..
Imagine setting up a camera waiting for weeks on end for it to burst into flames, with the camera recording. And when you finally see it....
Sh*t forgot to press record
Love how absurd and troll-esque it is. Disappointed the video isn't 1 hour long, just to keep us hoping :D
"I know that's a bold claim."
This may become your catch phrase.
What if at the end... it actually went off. T'would have been brillig.
I'm afraid the toves weren't slithy enough
Brickertown amazing
@@Brickertown ans no wabe to gire nor gimble in either (Excuse spelling, I read it in 1975 at school - once!)
if it had a set time, then there would be crowds and people would only go to see the fire. this way, you can enjoy the art fully, you're not just there for the fire
Thanks for another great video Tom.
Somehow I feel very unsatisfied at the moment.
The last eruption listed in the website was October 7th last year, has it been turned off or is the website not up to date, or is it just an unnaturally long waiting period?
That was 149 days ago btw if anyone's wondering
I was wondering the same thing.
I can't find a video of it burning! 😞
ComputerBusterGamer Try searching for "Elia i udbrud!"
I did some calculations using data provided on the website and average time difference between two consecutive fires is 15 days 23 hours 27 minutes and 27.28862973768264 seconds (15d 23:27:27).
Frustratingly it has now been over a year since its last eruption. 01-09-22 at 06:48 it has not gone off since.
The most frustrating work of art is yoko ono yelling in a microphone.
Agreed.
I fear that my torture in hell will be being forced to wear headphones with yoko ono screaming and waiting to see this thing shoot flames! Art? No.
@@deedeewinchur it's 2019, everything is art now
That is not art, that is just terrorism.
silber elite in the morning!
with my long legs, all I've ever wanted were extra large stair steps. maybe this is for me
I have to crawl up on them so I aint sure the size is for you
At the end his wobbling like a bowling pin filled with water at the bottom. 2:09
the world's most wholesome and soothing work of art reporting on the world's most frustrating piece of art. poetic, in a way.
"It might be months..."
*flame starts existing*
"... between eruptions. It might be days. And according to an article in the local news it won't go off if the wind is too high, which it probably is today, or if there are any people close. Elia's website doesn't tell you when the flames are going to be. It just archives the time and date of all the ones that you've missed. They keep that up-to-date to taunt you, I guess, idk. And sure, there are a couple of photos or videos from people online, who have been lucky. You can go online and see that."
*flame stops existing*
"But you can go online and see..."
Anyone watching in 2023: Elia errupted three times over the course of 2021, and only once in the entirety of 2022.
This is actually really cool. I love art that feels as if it wasn't meant for humans, it gives a feeling of what other species could be like, or of something that "is there for itself."
What? lmao
You could probably provoke it to start by placing a straw goat over the maw.
:^)
3 people have died in this piece of art, 1 on accident, 1 suicide and the latest death was a worker carrying out maintenance.
It has also killed 3 people, 2 when this video was filmed. Really adds to the dark vibe