Friday 18 December 2009

Final Transmission Unlocked



When key words from the location clues were entered in order , they unlocked the last video! Thanks to everyone that helped unlock them - watch Maya's final transmission on the site. Let's hope we can change our world for the better, for our grandchildren - and Maya's - sake...

Wednesday 16 December 2009

Time Capsule Party in Copenhagen!



The live event in Copenhagen was a huge success! We saw some of the letters that went in the time capsule, heard from our supporters, and some climate change activists, locked the capsule, and then it was time to celebrate - with a number of fantastic performers - Nabiha, Dokkedal/Dixon, Flowjob, and of course Thure Lindhardt presenting the love letters.

City Clues

From each of the cities we seem to be finding phone numbers that give us a message and a key word clue -it appears that they need to be added in order to unlock the final video:

We have a number of clues and key words discovered so far in various locations that match the coordinates.

In Amsterdam:
The number is 020-203-1120. Here's the message:

"When I was small, my grandmother would whisper rhymes in my ear as I fell asleep. I forget how it ended, but one of them started this way:
While I am sometimes kept in cages
to bring luck to everyone whose ear my sound engages.
Other times you might hear me free
Chirping a jubilant symphony.
I am not to be confused with the game
even though it is true that we share the same name.
When you go camping and you hear me in the thicket
rest assured, I am not some strange bird, just an ordinary..."

In Hong Kong:

We don't have a transcription of this message, but thanks to those over at the Unfiction forum, we found out the key word is "Window"

In Rotterdam:

"When I was small, my grandmother would whisper rhymes in my ear as I fell asleep. I forget how it ended, but one of them started this way - Sometimes I am a greeting when planted on a cheek. Although some men refrain from this so they are not perceived as weak.
I am a symbol of romantic love, but also of friendship deep
In some fairy tales only I can awake the heroine when she is asleep.
When thinking of a sweetheart, I am difficult to dismiss.
When things are very close together, they are often said to..."


In Washington D.C.:
The number is 202-315-3396. This is the message:

"When I was small, my grandmother would tell me about when she sat at the window watching the grey STATIC and especially the red STATIC steal seeds from the birdfeeder. She loved the STATIC big bushy tails and the way that the STATIC would leap nimbly from branch to branch as they stole acorns and seeds from one another. What have I missed? What have I missed?"


In Toronto:

The number is 905-248-3006. This was the message:


"(*static sound*)When I was small my grandmother would wrap me in a warm (*static sound*) when I was cold. She would tell me stories about how snow used to cover the earth like a heavy down filled (*static sound*). That no longer happens not since I've been alive. But I still trace the quilt and the hem of that same (*static sound*). Every morning when I make my bed...What have I missed? What have I missed?"

Thursday 10 December 2009

Coordinates

Maya's messages tell us to leave the screen and find her outside - are you near any of these coordinates? Do you know someone who is, who can find her mark there?


52° 22' 20.64" N 4° 52' 33.54" E
I have found a different method. I think this is more secure. Harder for them to notice. You'll need to leave your screen and find me outside. Look out on the wall, in the back 'Garden' at the Cafe of Sound. Look for my mark, friends have placed it there.





55° 39' 41.73" N 12° 33' 59.23" E
I have found a different method. I think this is more secure. Harder for them to notice. You'll need to leave your screen and find me outside. On the Bridge for New Bikes. Look to your feet. Look for my mark, friends have placed it there.




59°19'6.98" N 18° 4'25.59" E
I have found a different method. I think this is more secure. Harder for them to notice. You'll need to leave your screen and find me outside. Take the Elevator Katarina uptop. Under where the bridge meets the mountain, look on the wall. Look for my mark, friends have placed it there.




19° 1' 43.14" N 72° 50' 48.48" E
I have found a different method. I think this is more secure. Harder for them to notice. You'll need to leave your screen and find me outside. To the railway station: Matunga Road. Look on the wall outside. Look for my mark, friends have placed it there.




22° 16' 59.40" N 114° 9' 10.32" E
I have found a different method. I think this is more secure. Harder for them to notice. You'll need to leave your screen and find me outside on the ground beneath your feet. I wish we could have met for a drink at Pub 7.1. Look for my mark, friends have placed it there.



38° 55' 14.163" N 77° 2' 29.9832" W
I have found a different method. I think this is more secure. Harder for them to notice. You'll need to leave your screen and find me outside. I wish we could have met for a drink, maybe at the Pharmacy. Look to the ground for my mark, friends have placed it there.



34° 36' 23.7492" S 58° 27' 41.5254" W
I have found a different method. I think this is more secure. Harder for them to notice. You'll need to leave your screen and find me outside. Look on the wall where it curves around the great tree at the intersection. Look for my mark, friends have placed it there.




51° 54' 9.99" N, 8° 28' 34.73" E
I have found a different method. I think this is more secure. Harder for them to notice. You'll need to leave your screen and find me outside. Go to the Firkin Crane and look to your feet. Look for my mark, friends have placed it there.




+43° 39' 13.90", -79° 24' 6.34"
I have found a different method. I think this is more secure. Harder for them to notice. You'll need to leave your screen and find me outside. In the park with the Belle View. Look for my mark, friends have placed it there.





51°53′N 4°38′E
I have found a different method. I think this is more secure. Harder for them to notice. You'll need to leave your screen for a slightly smaller, more mobile Andriod one and find me outside. On a Layar with my name near the mills of Kinderdijk. Look for my mark, I have placed it there.




39° 52′ 56.07″ N 116° 24′ 23.29″ E
I have found a different method. I think this is more secure. Harder for them to notice. You'll need to leave your screen for a slightly smaller, more mobile Andriod one and find me outside. On a Layar with my name near the Temple of Heaven. Look for my mark, I have placed it there.




41° 0' 27.95" N 28° 58' 42.68" E
I have found a different method. I think this is more secure. Harder for them to notice. You'll need to leave your screen for a slightly smaller, more mobile Andriod one and find me outside. On a Layar with my name near the Blue Mosque look for my mark, I have placed it there.



23° 35′ 5.01″ S 46° 39′ 17.1″ W
I have found a different method. I think this is more secure. Harder for them to notice. You'll need to leave your screen for a slightly smaller, more mobile Andriod one and find me outside. On a Layar near with my name near the Obelisk. Look for my mark, I have placed it there.

Feet on the ground









The newest video that has been unlocked displays the phrase : feet on the ground. When you search for this on the site, you see a series of letters with images and what appears to be coordinates...do you know which locations these point to?

Wednesday 9 December 2009



When you search for Maha-Amba you get a new video.What is Maya dreaming about? here is the transcription:

. . . As I lay in bed at night, in that state between dream and wakefulness, they would merge together. It still happens. Even more now that I am more widely read. Maybe it is a way of escaping. Maybe they are meaningless. Let me tell you about my dream last night, perhaps you can figure out the places that I spoke with my dream-friend.

I stand next to a clock tower, it looks proper and British like Big Ben and seems out of place as the salty breeze from the Arabian Sea curls around it. I walk north. I stop in the middle of a triangular green. I breathe in and listen to cricket sound. A man strikes up a conversation, but as we progress beyond greetings, I see my breath in a cloud in front of me, and realize that I am now much farther from the Equator. I am talking with Alan again. It feels as though we are close friends, although I do not know him in waking life. Perhaps it is because he always wants to help. I mention something about his mother, the washing mashing, and he turns red. I am embarrassed, I was not supposed to know. He tells me about his new house and his new neighborhood.

Tuesday 8 December 2009

Maya's Dream...


The latest clue "NACOTCHTANK" takes you to an audio message from Maya

Below is the transcription - what do you think she saw in her dream?

As a child I read histories and fictions. Anything that I could get my hands on. I was inspired by my grandmother. First I read about what it was like when she was small. That's your time. Then I read further back. All of the stories seem so disconnected from my time now. Like fairy tales. As I lay in bed at night, in that state between dream and wakefulness, they would merge together. It still happens. Even more now that I am more widely read. Maybe it is a way of escaping. Maybe they are meaningless. Let me tell you about my dream last night, perhaps you can figure out what monuments I imagined.

I was walking through Byzantium under a single star and crescent moon. It was empty, nothing moved. I passed a tall column, free standing. I squinted up at the top and thought I saw a sun god, but it could have just been glare of the light. I continued walking southeast, expecting to find chariots, and the sounds of horses' hooves. Instead, I stepped into another place-- a far away capital, once inhabited by Algonquins, the Nacotchtank. They were long gone in the place that I walked. I walked towards a frozen woman astride a horse. She was atop a plinth along L'Enfant's Longitude.

Monday 7 December 2009

Flower clue




The new code word brings up a message involving flowers. What do you make of the white markings on the top left and bottom right of the image? Does anyone know a flower code that these might be part of ? Or what they symbolize?

Latest Clue

Wow- the last video was unlocked really quickly! Here is the newest clue...

Friday 4 December 2009




The newest video shows this clue at the end - the symbol of a snake swallowing it's own tail. Traditionally it's called an Ouroborus or Uroborus. When you put "ouroborus" into the search bar you get the next clue!