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The Monolith
Posted 9th March 2007 at 11:46am by M1ke, tagged as University | Commenting Closed

The monolith sits in my room. Standing there, a shadow in the dark it waits, silent. Slightly shorter than me it stands wider, partially open doors inviting entrance to its dark interior. Not entirely stable it nevertheless exudes prescence, looking rather medieval with a metal pole thrust through its width and panels re-inforcing its bending sides. It is made of a strange material, one with two layers and a complex internal structure. It feels just slightly rough to the touch, a faint grain on the surface. Cardboard.

But enough with my attempt at beating Dan Brown in the description of an inanimate object. Basically what I'm referring to is the cardoboard wardrobe that I have constructed over the past day and a bit for tonight's Informal Ball. The theme is films and fairytales and our table has been allocated the Chronicles of Narnia. Now whilst that world has many and varied characters the thing most people think when they hear Narnia is "Lion, witch, wardrobe!" Hence my choice of costume.

It's an interesting design, large cardboard boxes taken from the loading bay of a local shopping centre (with the kind permission of, oddly enough, a west country security guard) folded and cut to about 5 feet tall and two feet wide. Its intended that for the whole night I shall be entirely enclosed in the wardrobe, apart from my feet and however much leg sticks out, hence the metal pole which goes through my belt loops. I will have to put another pole through the top and find some way of attaching it to my head to stop the box pivoting, but it should basically be free standing, allowing me hands to hold the doors closed. I've designed a clever flap at the back so I can sit down normally and all is going well. Some paint, some more re-inforcing and some serious testing and it will be ready to go.

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