Sculpture

GOLEM XIV

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GOLEM XIV
PinBaltimore
Oct 4 at 12 PM – Oct 6 at 10 PM 2019
April 1-3, 2022

GOLEM XIV (2019)
Gottlieb, D. & Co. Flip-A-Card (1970), Acrylic, Mirrored glass, Paint
70"x 22"x 52"

THIS PROJECT HONORS THE LITERARY SCIENCE FICTION WRITER
STANISLAW LEM, INSPIRED BY A STORY WITHIN THE BOOK
IMAGINARY MAGNITUDE (1985), A COLLECTION OF INTRODUCTIONS TO BOOKS
THAT DO NOT EXIST. GOLEM XIV DEPICTS THE CREATION, COGNITIVE
SELF-AWARENESS AND MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF A POWERFUL
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THAT BECOMES A PROMINENT PHILOSOPHICAL
CRITIC OF HUMANKIND. THE IMAGERY OF THIS GAME DEPICTS PHYSICAL
DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SPACES THAT GOLEM XIV ONCE EXISTED IN.

REPLAYS AT 6300 POINTS, 7700 POINTS, AND 8500 POINTS #PINBALTIMORE

Original art and design by
Game Design: Ed Krynski
Artwork: Art Stenholm

GOLEM XIV (2019)
Gottlieb, D. & Co. Flip-A-Card (1970), Acrylic, Mirrored glass, Paint
70"x 22"x 52"

PinBaltimore Pinball Festival 2019
October 4-6, 2019

Baltimore, MD

GOLEM XIV (2019)
Gottlieb, D. & Co. Flip-A-Card (1970), Acrylic, Mirrored glass, Paint
70"x 22"x 52"

PinBaltimore Pinball Festival 2019
October 4-6, 2019

Baltimore, MD

Golem XIV (2019) by Stephen Hendee

GOLEM XIV (2019)
Gottlieb, D. & Co. Flip-A-Card (1970), Acrylic, Mirrored glass, Paint
70"x 22"x 52"


This project honors the literary science fiction writer Stanislaw Lem inspired by a story within the book Imaginary Magnitude (1985)
GOLEM XIV depicts the creation, cognitive self-awareness and mysterious disappearance of a powerful artificial intelligence that becomes
a prominent philosophical critic of humankind. The imagery of this game depicts physical descriptions of the spaces that GOLEM XIV once existed in.


REPLAYS AT 6300 POINTS, 7700 POINTS, AND 8500 POINTS #PINBALTIMORE


Art and design of original Flip-A-Card version by Ed Krynski and Art Stenholm