October 3, 2024In 2002, Pierre Sernet started a series called the Guerilla Tea Room where he randomly selected guests from a variety of cultural worlds and backgrounds to share a cup of tea. With the cube being used as a conceptual space, Sernet invites them to place their own set of cultural values within it.
dwilliams202261 on October 3, 2024 9:38 am The rooks are towers but What are the other rooks? The dome of the rock?
thebawheidedeejit on October 3, 2024 9:40 am Imagine running a chess museum but you don’t know how to setup the pieces.
PelmeniMan on October 3, 2024 9:49 am They don’t know how to chess… little unfair advantage on the far side.
cbo410 on October 3, 2024 9:54 am Not to nitpick, but it feels like one tower would suffice for each of the rooks
TeasyTeenXO on October 3, 2024 10:16 am That chessboard is a piece of art! It looks like the kind of board where you’d feel like a grandmaster just by sitting down to play.
notthecolorblue on October 3, 2024 10:19 am For those curious, it is the Gokyay Foundation Chess Museum in Turkiye https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=bf2d006745493547&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS914US914&hl=en-US&sxsrf=ADLYWIKlFHjfZbpDXO42mMBx0nKD8O7ghw%3A1727950728993&kgmid=%2Fg%2F11csr0nm2p&q=Gokyay%20Foundation%20Chess%20Museum&shndl=30&source=sh%2Fx%2Floc%2Fact%2Fm4%2F3
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Someone was too inspired by history
The rooks are towers but What are the other rooks? The dome of the rock?
Imagine running a chess museum but you don’t know how to setup the pieces.
Terrorists vs war criminals?
r/blursedimages
They don’t know how to chess… little unfair advantage on the far side.
Not to nitpick, but it feels like one tower would suffice for each of the rooks
I saw an apartheid themed set when I was in South Africa
I’m irritated that a chess museum can’t place the pieces properly.
Are you not entertained?
r/anarchychess will love this
That chessboard is a piece of art! It looks like the kind of board where you’d feel like a grandmaster just by sitting down to play.
a museum in turkiye lmao
Sir, the second rook has been taken a knight.
Where is this museum?
For those curious, it is the Gokyay Foundation Chess Museum in Turkiye
https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=bf2d006745493547&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS914US914&hl=en-US&sxsrf=ADLYWIKlFHjfZbpDXO42mMBx0nKD8O7ghw%3A1727950728993&kgmid=%2Fg%2F11csr0nm2p&q=Gokyay%20Foundation%20Chess%20Museum&shndl=30&source=sh%2Fx%2Floc%2Fact%2Fm4%2F3
I’ll take it
Whites pieces are set up the wrong way
hmmm