The Deep Dark is an art installation that asks "why do we fear the dark?"

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/10/11/the-deep-dark-is-an-art-instal.html

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We fear the dark because we don’t like to trip and fall. Hitting the ground is not fun and it hurts.

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This question was answered in the first Conan movie; we fear the dark cuz Thulsa Doom.

Very educational movie; it also taught us what is best in life.

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Appropriate:

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Oh good more light pollution.

Why can’t we just fear the dark in the dark?

Swimming in the sea at night is a good way to magnify those fears.

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Oh great, just throw some thalassophobia in there, too

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Embrace the DARK!

“And by the way, If you see your mom this weekend, will you be sure and
tell her…
SATAN SATAN SATAN!!!”

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Something wicked that way goes; I hate the dark I stub me toes.

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“It’s better to regret something you’ve done, than something you haven’t done.”

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https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9r6kytUoJ1qmt01xo1_400.gifv

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Snorkelling in the dark is even better or worse

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Thanks for the nightmare fuel, buddy :confused:

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Or being jumped on by toothy, nocturnal creatures.

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This song is spooky on its own, I can’t imagine listening to it while doing something like walking through the above installation.

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That is an installation I would love to walk through. Imagine the sensations you would experience.

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The human idea of the dark=v bad thing could have something to do with millions of years of this kind of thing:

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any one remember a running fence

Likewise. This looks fun.

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“I shall walk through the valley of the shadow of death. In fact, now that I think of it, I shall run through the valley of the shadow of death , cause you get out of the valley quicker that way.”
- Woody Allen (Love & Death)

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I’ve done it once, and it was an incredible experience. Scared the bejesus out of my wife though.