humpty dumpty | the master of the signifier

'There's glory for you!'

'I don't know what you mean by "glory",' Alice said.

Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. 'Of course you don't — till I tell you. I meant "there's a nice knock-down argument for you!"'

'But "glory" doesn't mean "a nice knock-down argument",' Alice objected.

'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.'

'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things.'

'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master — that's all.'

kycmaerxthaere | parallel virtual + physical universe

The Kcymaerxthaere is a vast alternate universe created by Eames Demetrios, a California-based artist and filmmaker who began installing the plaques in 2003. The premise of the project is that the Kcymaerxthaere exists as its own parallel world, but its remnants are often visible in our own, “linear” world—intersections that Demetrios endeavors to commemorate by physically marking their presence.

Exploring the Kcymaerxthaere requires a hearty imagination as the fictional universe is based on the theory that we can change how we perceive our visual environment, or as Henry David Thoreau said,

“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” 

With a bit of mental flexing, these stories — accessible in virtual form online, and in individual physical sites, honour evens from the parallel world in our linear world. 

Kcymaerxthaere is a global (and more) work of 3-dimensional story telling. It is an alternative universe that is largely consistent with our linear world in some ways, though it has many different stories, rules, creatures, even laws of science it seems.

In a way, it is a bit like a novel with every page in a different place. Reading the markers and sites in situ is a kind of transformative experience that connects you to possibilities and stories in a whole new way.

Kcymaerxthaere is a parallel universe that intersects with much of our linear Earth. The name comes from the cognate words kcymaara (meaning "the true physicality of the planet") and xthaere(which is a shape with almost an infinity of edges or dimensions--infinity minus 29 to be precise). We explore and tell stories of these other realms through many media, but most famously by installing bronze plaques and historic sites that honor events from the parallel world in our linear world. - Eames Demetrious - creator of Kcymaerxthaere.