Improbable Monument: Equality Being
· Intro
Equality Being is a 500 foot Statue celebrating and encouraging equality of all: race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, class, age, skin color, disability/inability, etc. Equality Being, or E.B., is an ambassador of peace and unity.
· Background
The cry for peace is not a new one, but I am a proponent of equality and peace! Planet Earth’s human population is approximately seven billion and exponentially increasing! In order to coexist in this world, the seven billion inhabitants of earth need to find solutions for differences and work together toward the ultimate goal of world peace. 
War, torture, hate, discrimination, and class divide, are things that need to change in this world. To quote one of the most peaceful and thought provoking musicians of our time, Bob Marley, “Why can’t we be friends”, is a motto I hope will one day be a part of our worlds philosophy. If only people could somehow realize that it is not just about themselves, but it is about humanity as a whole. I’m not saying we all need to convert to socialism, but we need to adopt some of their ideas of coexistence.
The eloquently written definition of peace, from Wikipedia is,
“Peace describes a society or a relationship that is operating harmoniously and without violent conflict. Peace is commonly understood as the absence of hostility, or the existence of healthy or newly healed interpersonal or international relationships, safety in matters of social or economic welfare, the acknowledgment of equality, and fairness in political relationships. In international relations, peacetime is the absence of any war or conflict.”
Luckily, in 2011, malevolent leaders of the world have been eradicated and we, the people of Earth, have a chance of getting along.
· Project Description
1. E.B. is a 100 ft. tall monumental statue, who is not locative sensitive and can be taken apart and re-located.2. E.B. is a very basic human figure, who has about a million HD monitors embedded to the outside of its body.
4. Symbols and images of every race, religion, class, gender, sexual orientation, age, ability/inability, intelligence/retardation, and culture will be displayed on the E.B.’s body.
6. E.B. also lives in the Ethernet virtual realm, and has a website dedicated to world peace.
7. Not only does E.B. display and influence peace, E.B. also has elements of interactivity. When the viewer/user enters the E.B. website, a virtual 3D image of E.B. will be displayed. The user can rotate, pan, and move the virtual E.B. in its live feed. The user has the opportunity to upload a portrait of themselves, and if the portrait exemplifies E.B.’s ideologies, it will be displayed on E.B.’s head.
8. E.B.’s first annual positioning party will be at Black Rock City, Nevada, during Burning Man.
9. E.B. is an anthropomorphic computer who is determined to visualize world peace through the help of the technology and world interactivity.
10. E.B. is improbable because:
a. Expensive
b. Non-existent technology
c. Controversial
11. E.B. can never be finished, and will always be evolving into the ultimate Equality Being.
I teamed up with animators of the movie "A Scanner Darkly" to fully show what E.B. will look like, here is a video from the film:
I teamed up with animators of the movie "A Scanner Darkly" to fully show what E.B. will look like, here is a video from the film:
Benefits
- · Aesthetically pleasing monument
- · Brings awareness to people the idea of peace and what it could look like on planet Earth, something which is desperately needed.
- · A fun and interactive experience which, teaches the user/viewer about the culture, religion, race, gender, class, age, sexual orientation, and an overall peaceful united consciousness.
Estimated Costs
· Wooden foundation of the E.B. shape –
· $1,000,000.00
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· Thousands of hd monitor’s displaying multiple images –
· $5,000,000.00
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· Nano-technological- solar – panels
· $100,000,000.00
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· Man power
· $1,000,000.00
Total Estimated Costs: $150,000,000 to $200,000,000
