The world's most frustrating work of art

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  • @EebstertheGreat
    @EebstertheGreat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28939

    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.

    • @donpacificbobcat9er615
      @donpacificbobcat9er615 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1425

      I think they would either be a shrine to a fire god, or a monument left by previous visitors to our planet.

    • @OliverLMinecraftMachine
      @OliverLMinecraftMachine 5 ปีที่แล้ว +307

      @@donpacificbobcat9er615 the gas gas would run out

    • @Ethan-ot2fv
      @Ethan-ot2fv 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1463

      @@OliverLMinecraftMachine Thank you for using your infinite wisdom to poke holes in the flawless logic of a joke.

    • @OliverLMinecraftMachine
      @OliverLMinecraftMachine 5 ปีที่แล้ว +110

      @Desk fair play

    • @buttsufancypantsu1644
      @buttsufancypantsu1644 5 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      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.

  • @kalebbruwer
    @kalebbruwer 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11500

    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...

    • @marco.trevisan
      @marco.trevisan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +326

      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).

    • @JonesNate
      @JonesNate 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      😂

    • @M.Godfrey
      @M.Godfrey 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Kaleb Bruwer that’s the story of my life

    • @nesbatan
      @nesbatan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      This thing is close to where i live and i have never seen it go off

    • @moddrrrusky2910
      @moddrrrusky2910 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Kaleb Bruwer That’s why you shouldn’t stand there for hours

  • @DigGil3
    @DigGil3 8 ปีที่แล้ว +24310

    Well... This is an artist who figured out a way to keep people watching his work for no good reason.

    • @ethan4896
      @ethan4896 5 ปีที่แล้ว +184

      Visual_Vexing I think this is the definition of a Skinner box...

    • @Siegmernes
      @Siegmernes 5 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      @@ethan4896 Not really. You're not rewarded for doing something.

    • @chechnya
      @chechnya 5 ปีที่แล้ว +219

      @@Siegmernes Isn't seeing the flame go off a visual reward?

    • @Siegmernes
      @Siegmernes 5 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      @@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 :)

    • @finley888888
      @finley888888 5 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Big fire = good reason 🔥

  • @revvilo
    @revvilo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5455

    "Here's hoping"
    *Fire column shoots out*
    "ONE TAKE!!! WOOOO"

    • @jenkinsfamily2229
      @jenkinsfamily2229 4 ปีที่แล้ว +253

      If only

    • @calebcomet1868
      @calebcomet1868 4 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      u got me damit

    • @feronanthus9756
      @feronanthus9756 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Once again, a counterexample to the best of all possible worlds hypothesis of Leibniz.

    • @Knuckx117
      @Knuckx117 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      That would have been absolutely amazing, and I probably would have called the entire thing staged if that happened.

    • @Emeralds60601
      @Emeralds60601 3 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      "This, is the-"
      *flame shoots out*

  • @williamjones7163
    @williamjones7163 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4272

    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.

    • @nolesy34
      @nolesy34 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      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!

    • @theothertonydutch
      @theothertonydutch ปีที่แล้ว +10

      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."

    • @nolesy34
      @nolesy34 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@theothertonydutch also you need to have good shoes (for shuffling)
      As well as “Ça plane pour moi” playing

    • @jusk2ru
      @jusk2ru ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Because we all like to believe in miracles.

    • @mattcwatkins
      @mattcwatkins ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I know what's sillier! Me watching you.....watching Tom....watch the sculpture.

  • @opheliabawles9646
    @opheliabawles9646 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25847

    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.

    • @mauz791
      @mauz791 4 ปีที่แล้ว +400

      Lmao

    • @sadmermaid
      @sadmermaid 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1045

      Need to see the trademark hoody

    • @leotheking1000
      @leotheking1000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +378

      That's not keeping in mind random fireflames!
      If it went off, it'd have been way too warm for him! D:

    • @danielkonrad1444
      @danielkonrad1444 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      I love you

    • @antonhelsgaun
      @antonhelsgaun 4 ปีที่แล้ว +205

      Another way we keep warm is giant flames

  • @justanotheryoutubechannel
    @justanotheryoutubechannel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10742

    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.

    • @renookami4651
      @renookami4651 5 ปีที่แล้ว +381

      Imagine both, now you created a mental image of an even more annoying work of art

    • @thesuperginge1348
      @thesuperginge1348 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Same!

    • @Niels901
      @Niels901 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Well, we could do both now

    • @pinkajou656
      @pinkajou656 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I thought there was some sort of frustrating illusion or something

    • @km077
      @km077 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That would have been just straight up infuriating, not just annoying.

  • @funny-video-YouTube-channel
    @funny-video-YouTube-channel 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4249

    It's a weird slide.
    Go up the stairs, slide down on the sides of the structure :-)

    • @funny-video-YouTube-channel
      @funny-video-YouTube-channel 8 ปีที่แล้ว +176

      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 :-)

    • @AnimeWolf5193
      @AnimeWolf5193 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@TheSexyFerret That sounds like quitter talk to me!

    • @teambees
      @teambees 4 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      I’m from Herning where this is. And got at few friends with broken ankels because of that

    • @justagerman140
      @justagerman140 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@teambees ask them if it was worth it, no sarcasm :D

    • @Grubiantoll
      @Grubiantoll 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@TheSexyFerret you could always secretly add some modifications

  • @MozartJunior22
    @MozartJunior22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +376

    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.

    • @makiito4170
      @makiito4170 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Hey, my sister studies there!

    • @pedrokreutzwerle9488
      @pedrokreutzwerle9488 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      They have a great playlist on vector calculus!

  • @P0LYBiUS7
    @P0LYBiUS7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2510

    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
      @DidierLoiseau 4 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      Fun fact 2 contradicts what Tom said in the video

    • @MAINFRAMELaboratories
      @MAINFRAMELaboratories 4 ปีที่แล้ว +129

      @@herlinjm I bet you're fun at parties

    • @aryansingh2199
      @aryansingh2199 4 ปีที่แล้ว +266

      @@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.

    • @YEs69th420
      @YEs69th420 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@herlinjm Fun fact: you're the target audience

    • @corgi69
      @corgi69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@herlinjm speech 100

  • @inkno701
    @inkno701 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3928

    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.

    • @infinitewatts
      @infinitewatts 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Nobody else is going to like your comment because the number is fun to look at. 777.. Until I came along.

    • @kamomile_tea
      @kamomile_tea 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Nobody else is going to like your comment because the number is fun to look at. 900.. Until I came along.

    • @Tricus
      @Tricus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Nobody else is going to like your comment because the number is fun to look at. 965.. Until I came along.

    • @anatine_banana_69
      @anatine_banana_69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      i can't like this comment as there are exactly 999 likes. it seems very oddly satisfying.

    • @infinitewatts
      @infinitewatts 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@anatine_banana_69 cmoooooooooooon... Like... Like! Like! Like! 🤔😂

  • @AarhgYouTube
    @AarhgYouTube 8 ปีที่แล้ว +903

    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.

    • @Integritys_Sum
      @Integritys_Sum ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Stuffy old busybodies

    • @helloidharbl6753
      @helloidharbl6753 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      lawl

    • @dexorne9753
      @dexorne9753 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@Integritys_Sum that vocabulary makes it seem like you're one of those too. Well, atleast the old part.

  • @CaesarsSalad
    @CaesarsSalad 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1646

    Showing you standing on the stairs would give us a sense of scale. Like this they just look like normal stairs.

    • @ClareBearCB
      @ClareBearCB 5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Think of what it would be like for a baby to walk up normal stairs, that is how it feels walking up these

    • @princessthyemis
      @princessthyemis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Good point

    • @princessthyemis
      @princessthyemis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@ClareBearCB seriously?! Whoa!!!

    • @LQC2556
      @LQC2556 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      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).

    • @calebcomet1868
      @calebcomet1868 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      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...

  • @benridout8668
    @benridout8668 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3970

    I'm convinced that modern art is made by people to confuse future generations into thinking we communicated with aliens

    • @edoardohutha694
      @edoardohutha694 4 ปีที่แล้ว +189

      Imagine if some dude 3000 years ago in Egypt thought the same thing .... oh ...wait

    • @whiteline4157
      @whiteline4157 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      You must be joking. There is no such thing as a giant triangle in the middle of a desert.

    • @bob-wo3ir
      @bob-wo3ir 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      I'm convinced that modern art is a scam and pure garbage made by people with no talent what so ever.

    • @boom5474
      @boom5474 4 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      @@bob-wo3ir You couldn't be more wrong.

    • @stonwall9065
      @stonwall9065 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@bob-wo3ir I’m convinced a lot of it is used as a guise for human trafficking.

  • @Madmanslime
    @Madmanslime 4 ปีที่แล้ว +803

    This was all that remained after the "Teletubbies" home makeover didn't go quite as planned.

    • @kimk3060
      @kimk3060 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      LMAO

    • @joshcanttakeajoke2853
      @joshcanttakeajoke2853 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Underrated comment right here yall

    • @qqnqqpart
      @qqnqqpart 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      If the Teletubbies got into Scandinavian metal & decided to do a home makeover!

    • @200gramsofCashewnuts
      @200gramsofCashewnuts 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Omegalul

  • @whoeveriam0iam14222
    @whoeveriam0iam14222 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2657

    you were very lucky that day but not lucky enough for the flame

    • @tortex1
      @tortex1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +259

      Being a protagonist has it's limits.

    • @TomScottGo
      @TomScottGo  8 ปีที่แล้ว +616

      I knew, going in, that it was almost certainly far too windy. Worth a try though...

    • @Flocko_
      @Flocko_ 8 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      I was really waiting for it considering how lucky he said the shoot was

    • @whoeveriam0iam14222
      @whoeveriam0iam14222 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I feel like he would have mentioned something in that other video if that had happened.. just too big to hold secret

    • @Flocko_
      @Flocko_ 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      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.

  • @DissectingThoughts
    @DissectingThoughts 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1713

    Did you consider making the end of this video an hour long, showing you just watching it?
    You did, didn't you?

    • @hopkinsmiler
      @hopkinsmiler 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      I was actually ready to watch it for an hour.

    • @sheltr9735
      @sheltr9735 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@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!!

    • @Naokarma
      @Naokarma ปีที่แล้ว +12

      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.

    • @blidea9191
      @blidea9191 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Naokarma Genius

  • @samramdebest
    @samramdebest 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5020

    so how high were those steps? (Because I usually take 2 steps at a time; so this might be the right size)

    • @TomScottGo
      @TomScottGo  8 ปีที่แล้ว +1815

      Then they'd be about the right height for you!

    • @trikers471
      @trikers471 8 ปีที่แล้ว +114

      but about how high?

    • @EXPlaySMC
      @EXPlaySMC 8 ปีที่แล้ว +153

      too high

    • @FictualKyle
      @FictualKyle 8 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      ΛΞPHAX hut how high is that?

    • @Julepalme
      @Julepalme 8 ปีที่แล้ว +112

      They are about 35-40cm tall

  • @BlackThorneDK
    @BlackThorneDK 4 ปีที่แล้ว +792

    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?

    • @cmelton6796
      @cmelton6796 4 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      Gotta charge the batteries somehow

    • @howtheygotthere
      @howtheygotthere 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I wonder which is more rare fire or lightning?

    • @poolbwoy6585
      @poolbwoy6585 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      its a classic 4 rod disaster

    • @cheesetoast5034
      @cheesetoast5034 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      if it gets hit by lightning it echos for a minute.

    • @jimbobbyrnes
      @jimbobbyrnes ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @MatchBreakers
    @MatchBreakers 3 ปีที่แล้ว +262

    Someone unfortunately recently lost their life cleaning one of the chimneys. Investigation is still ongoing as to how it happened.

    • @MenloMarseilles
      @MenloMarseilles 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      is that why there have been no eruptions since October?

    • @Screamingmanta
      @Screamingmanta 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@MenloMarseilles It was not more than a few months ago.

    • @FrozenBusChannel
      @FrozenBusChannel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      RIP

    • @-JustHuman-
      @-JustHuman- 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      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.

    • @ricksanchez3557
      @ricksanchez3557 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@-JustHuman- It's not erupted for nearly a year now, at least it's not been updated on the website.

  • @brianartillery
    @brianartillery 8 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    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.

    • @numbersix9468
      @numbersix9468 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      THERE IS NO EASTER BUNNY

    • @RaineWilder
      @RaineWilder 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Thank you for reminding me of something I never managed to see as a kid either... :(

    • @punkdigerati
      @punkdigerati 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's a schooner!

    • @brandonlawrence5851
      @brandonlawrence5851 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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.

  • @tedz2usa
    @tedz2usa 5 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    Very poetic at the end, to film yourself waiting for the flame.

    • @arnoremane4595
      @arnoremane4595 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      should've been one hour of uncut footage of tom just standing there

  • @efari
    @efari 8 ปีที่แล้ว +558

    in today's age of digital technology, i would like a livestream webcam of this, so i can watch from here...

    • @NukelearFallout
      @NukelearFallout 7 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      I figured someone would have set up a camera. But I guess that contradicts the meaning and beauty of the this.

    • @aliciacarr9014
      @aliciacarr9014 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      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.

    • @elllqslaz
      @elllqslaz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@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.

    • @chopinbloc
      @chopinbloc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@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.

  • @joagra71
    @joagra71 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    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.

    • @adampacher9285
      @adampacher9285 ปีที่แล้ว

      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

  • @over00lordunknown12
    @over00lordunknown12 4 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    2:14 I wonder how long Tom stood with his back to the camera before turning it off.

    • @petepi
      @petepi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It actually shot for at 3:54

    • @oxenford539
      @oxenford539 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      i like to think he's still waiting

  • @aimeeaaw
    @aimeeaaw 8 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    I've been past this on the train so many times and I never once knew that it shot flames.

    • @dark2023-1lovesoni
      @dark2023-1lovesoni 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      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.

    • @NNic.
      @NNic. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@dark2023-1lovesoni 😂

    • @MegaVikingen
      @MegaVikingen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@dark2023-1lovesoni Probably "Oh no, the freaking sculpture is on fire!"

    • @-JustHuman-
      @-JustHuman- 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lived by it for 3 years, never seen it either. From what I know it was turned totally off at one point.

  • @beep3527
    @beep3527 4 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    "Ingvar Cronhammar"
    That's the most Viking name I've heard. Such a badass name.

    • @Viigan
      @Viigan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You should see his beard.

  • @tobblesmash6193
    @tobblesmash6193 4 ปีที่แล้ว +182

    0:29
    Tom: "steps upto the viewing gallery are uncomfortably high"
    Me: oh look handrails for the elderly:)

  • @PeterT1981
    @PeterT1981 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    You really have a knack for informing and simultaneously entertaining. Your voice and delivery are superb.
    Subscribed.

  • @camurai9613
    @camurai9613 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Any Tom Scott video you watch is never skip-able

  • @BaryLevi
    @BaryLevi 8 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    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

    • @thehiddenninja3428
      @thehiddenninja3428 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Indeed! at 6 : 53 PM
      It also apparently thrice at the exact same time on 27-03-17. At 9:48.

    • @saacinecrozma8317
      @saacinecrozma8317 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Wha--
      Even in American date writing, this still makes no sense

    • @WildBluntHickok
      @WildBluntHickok 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@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".

    • @DragonWinter36
      @DragonWinter36 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You have no idea how much this has made me laugh, and that makes me sad

    • @dorrisgonnawreckyou7111
      @dorrisgonnawreckyou7111 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@saacinecrozma8317 day month year.. it works fine, it is how most of the world does it.

  • @ryklatortuga4146
    @ryklatortuga4146 8 ปีที่แล้ว +607

    Michael Bay doesn't direct for Tom Scott, but if he did...

    • @aliciacarr9014
      @aliciacarr9014 6 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      ... 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.

  • @GuitarMaster310
    @GuitarMaster310 7 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    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.

    • @amphioxusanniversary
      @amphioxusanniversary 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      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

  • @WobblesandBean
    @WobblesandBean 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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.

  • @lyrimetacurl0
    @lyrimetacurl0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Imagine if it happened right when the stop button was pressed 😂

  • @HikloLime
    @HikloLime 8 ปีที่แล้ว +218

    I have been there! We just called it "The router" when we drove past it! It was a little bit more sunny also! :)

    • @HikloLime
      @HikloLime 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      And also, wasnt there some teens who died there recently? They ran up and thought there was a floor underneath and jumped and died. :(

    • @xink64
      @xink64 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yep. He didn't know about the hole in the middle and it was dark.

    • @coagmano
      @coagmano 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      :(

    • @dakat5131
      @dakat5131 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      is it bad imagined that with the Mario death sound?

    • @JonatasAdoM
      @JonatasAdoM 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      that adds up. I'm never visiting this thing

  • @Patricia_Taxxon
    @Patricia_Taxxon 8 ปีที่แล้ว +659

    Wow, what a beautiful and absurd work. I'll be looking more into this person's sculptures.

    • @MerthanE
      @MerthanE 8 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      -Said no one ever

    • @Patricia_Taxxon
      @Patricia_Taxxon 8 ปีที่แล้ว +165

      Maybe I should have put in some exclamation points, I'm not being sarcastic. I want to see this in person.

    • @siaw0000
      @siaw0000 8 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Merthan E. It's really sad that you thought this person was being sarcastic.

    • @MerthanE
      @MerthanE 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Xiran Wang It's just sad that you think that I thought he was sarcastic, even though I only made a joke.

    • @iabervon
      @iabervon 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      No, no. They don't do anything if you look into them. You have to stand back and watch them from a distance.

  • @bluesdjben
    @bluesdjben 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    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.

  • @beatricesloan2720
    @beatricesloan2720 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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!

  • @minitiger101
    @minitiger101 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Legend has it that Tom is still stood there, watching and waiting to this day

  • @pellaken
    @pellaken 8 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    "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

  • @sisusdk
    @sisusdk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    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 :)

  • @keira_churchill
    @keira_churchill 8 ปีที่แล้ว +393

    It needs a massive straw goat on the top of it. :)

    • @fustigate314159
      @fustigate314159 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I'm confused why this comment doesn't have more upvotes.

    • @robinhyperlord9053
      @robinhyperlord9053 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ???

    • @alyssashih2895
      @alyssashih2895 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Robin Gilliver watch toms video on the straw goat

    • @robinhyperlord9053
      @robinhyperlord9053 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@alyssashih2895
      Please try to explain.

    • @rc_woshimao957
      @rc_woshimao957 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I understood that reference!

  • @KaleidoscopeMusician
    @KaleidoscopeMusician 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The way you describe Ingvar Cronhammar's art along with the setting of Elia reminds me of the movie: Arrival

  • @Siferzion
    @Siferzion 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    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

  • @hiTocopter
    @hiTocopter 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    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.

  • @Niek31
    @Niek31 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I've been there twice in 2 years, and I didn't even know about the flame thrower.

  • @salbroe2472
    @salbroe2472 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Before I saw the date of the video, I thought the “frustrating part” was going to be all the deaths related to it

    • @logans6619
      @logans6619 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      This art has killed and nobody seems to talk about that

  • @jonathanmarkov1741
    @jonathanmarkov1741 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The part at the end where we get to watch with Tom is a nice touch :)

  • @MrEzioCraft360
    @MrEzioCraft360 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Imagine how amazing it would have been if the fire appeared while you were staring at it at the end

  • @Asbitos
    @Asbitos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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

  • @Daniel-xt9lm
    @Daniel-xt9lm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    in 2016 two people died at this sculpture. One fell down the pit, one suicide and just recent a worker died maintaining the chimneys :(

  • @wenzelplot
    @wenzelplot 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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!

    • @OLBastholm
      @OLBastholm 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      No one lives in Herning.

  • @invisiblue3212
    @invisiblue3212 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm binge watching. Tom Scott, sir, you are an enabler. I thank you.

  • @RobMacKendrick
    @RobMacKendrick 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This might just be my favourite Tom Scott video ever. And the competition is steep.

  • @swaggychicken.
    @swaggychicken. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    this is like the next level of when the DVD square finally goes into a corner

  • @Halefall
    @Halefall 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    May I recommend the Solar Furnace in Odeillo? It really is an amazing place!

  • @vermilanim3309
    @vermilanim3309 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "At random decided by a computer"
    Computer: Looks like it's time for world domination!

  • @Chillius
    @Chillius 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It just went off a few minutes ago!
    Elia's site says "12-09-20 AT. 00:11"

  • @JamesNewham
    @JamesNewham ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It literally went from erupting 36 times in 2020 to ONCE in 2022.
    Here's hoping for 2023

  • @J2ghz
    @J2ghz 8 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Anyone got a video of it going off?

  • @sonicmeerkat
    @sonicmeerkat 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    2:32 i like how you cut to it burning

    • @sonicmeerkat
      @sonicmeerkat 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      you watched the title card in its entirety, tom has already fooled you.

  • @gyorgischwartz
    @gyorgischwartz 8 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Who else was waiting for a telletubby to hop out?

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Only one in black leather, because if this is teletubbyland, and the hils are black with fire, so are the tubbies.

  • @alpheendomination
    @alpheendomination ปีที่แล้ว

    Legend has it, Tom is still stood there to this day

  • @saibot7218
    @saibot7218 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    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

  • @ian9outof10
    @ian9outof10 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Imagine if it had gone off just as you shut the camera off. Now THAT would have been frustrating.

  • @Andyyyk47
    @Andyyyk47 8 ปีที่แล้ว +149

    Sounds like a huge waste of money

    • @MerthanE
      @MerthanE 8 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Andyyyk47 Sounds like... Humanity

    • @Patricia_Taxxon
      @Patricia_Taxxon 8 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      All art is technically a waste of money.

    •  8 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      You sound like a huge waste of money.

    • @TheFlamesoOnFire
      @TheFlamesoOnFire 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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?

    • @Emilsuseronyoutube
      @Emilsuseronyoutube 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      More like a very very small waste of money.

  • @1994mvs
    @1994mvs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Does anyone know whether or not this art installation is currently "on" so to speak the latest eruption was a long time ago 🤔

  • @JoeBleasdaleReal
    @JoeBleasdaleReal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Can we just appreciate how bloody cool the name *Ingvar Cronhammar* is?

  • @johnson941
    @johnson941 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love how he managed to be there in the most western danish weather ever. Cold, windy and too rainy to be comfortable.

  • @AD-gl2wi
    @AD-gl2wi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I just found out the artist, Ingvar Cronhammar passed away this year. Rest In Peace.

  • @tennicktenstyl
    @tennicktenstyl 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    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 ^^

  • @12345shipreck
    @12345shipreck 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You said you were super lucky that day. I was expecting the fire.

  • @LegoEddy
    @LegoEddy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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.

  • @AbdulKareemAbdulRahman
    @AbdulKareemAbdulRahman 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    this channel never ceases to amaze me!!!!!

  • @harryflashman8996
    @harryflashman8996 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Saw it more than once from the motorway nearby. Thought the chimneys were supposed to be lightning rods.

  • @guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248
    @guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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.

  • @thefinkie6459
    @thefinkie6459 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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...

  • @Elavity
    @Elavity 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    legends say Tom is still standing there...
    waiting..

  • @haroldthetallandmighty4544
    @haroldthetallandmighty4544 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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

  • @JonathanWinterflood
    @JonathanWinterflood 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Love how absurd and troll-esque it is. Disappointed the video isn't 1 hour long, just to keep us hoping :D

  • @ericvicaria8648
    @ericvicaria8648 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "I know that's a bold claim."
    This may become your catch phrase.

  • @ASilentS
    @ASilentS 8 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    What if at the end... it actually went off. T'would have been brillig.

    • @Brickertown
      @Brickertown 8 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      I'm afraid the toves weren't slithy enough

    • @zacgroszman3509
      @zacgroszman3509 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Brickertown amazing

    • @derekmills5394
      @derekmills5394 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Brickertown ans no wabe to gire nor gimble in either (Excuse spelling, I read it in 1975 at school - once!)

  • @ChristopherTradeshow
    @ChristopherTradeshow 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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

  • @jamessatterfield5705
    @jamessatterfield5705 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for another great video Tom.

  • @BlackEagle352
    @BlackEagle352 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Somehow I feel very unsatisfied at the moment.

  • @attalamarco9761
    @attalamarco9761 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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?

    • @attalamarco9761
      @attalamarco9761 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That was 149 days ago btw if anyone's wondering

    • @Vares65
      @Vares65 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was wondering the same thing.

  • @ComputerBusterGamer
    @ComputerBusterGamer 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I can't find a video of it burning! 😞

    • @SaltyMikan
      @SaltyMikan 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ComputerBusterGamer Try searching for "Elia i udbrud!"

  • @alialiyev6168
    @alialiyev6168 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    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).

  • @PlancoandChill
    @PlancoandChill ปีที่แล้ว

    Frustratingly it has now been over a year since its last eruption. 01-09-22 at 06:48 it has not gone off since.

  • @silberelite7044
    @silberelite7044 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    The most frustrating work of art is yoko ono yelling in a microphone.

    • @dannysisk9458
      @dannysisk9458 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agreed.

    • @samiam619
      @samiam619 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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.

    • @thesenamesaretaken
      @thesenamesaretaken 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@deedeewinchur it's 2019, everything is art now

    • @raven_of_zoso455
      @raven_of_zoso455 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That is not art, that is just terrorism.

    • @simoncallaghan7549
      @simoncallaghan7549 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      silber elite in the morning!

  • @samrusoff
    @samrusoff 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    with my long legs, all I've ever wanted were extra large stair steps. maybe this is for me

    • @Andreas-zm9tg
      @Andreas-zm9tg 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have to crawl up on them so I aint sure the size is for you

  • @skibitypop
    @skibitypop 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    At the end his wobbling like a bowling pin filled with water at the bottom. 2:09

  • @r3stl3ss
    @r3stl3ss ปีที่แล้ว

    the world's most wholesome and soothing work of art reporting on the world's most frustrating piece of art. poetic, in a way.

  • @km077
    @km077 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "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..."

  • @Wadsack999
    @Wadsack999 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Anyone watching in 2023: Elia errupted three times over the course of 2021, and only once in the entirety of 2022.

  • @BNK2442
    @BNK2442 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    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."

    • @0ne-Two
      @0ne-Two ปีที่แล้ว

      What? lmao

  • @CheeseTaterson
    @CheeseTaterson 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    You could probably provoke it to start by placing a straw goat over the maw.
    :^)

  • @stenen
    @stenen ปีที่แล้ว +1

    3 people have died in this piece of art, 1 on accident, 1 suicide and the latest death was a worker carrying out maintenance.

  • @user-nd7ts7bp6g
    @user-nd7ts7bp6g 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It has also killed 3 people, 2 when this video was filmed. Really adds to the dark vibe