We've moved from the American Indian motif set up by Harrington with his serve to a Biblical one. Anderson has washed away Flatland, the teepees, fish, deer, spider web, mountains, clouds. All is adrift. A cleansing of the wicked world of ladders down to hidden universes.
The intentions of today's two players are difficult to parse. What started as a collaborative effort has evolved into a struggle between two chess sides, two mythologies, and two designers. It is a cold war though. Anderson has clearly offered Harrington a clean slate once again.
A couple of quick things to note. One: the billboard is advertising one of Anderson's pieces (on the left) alongside one of Harrington's pieces (to the right). [Ah, the billboard is advertising the match itself...check out the Coudal home page.] Two: we have several layers of clouds now: Anderson's colorful rain clouds, the cut-out cloud, and now the photo clouds in the top background. Again with layers! This match is almost too meta for this commentator. To the Advil.
Oh, and related to the Dada/Duchamp reference in the last round of commentary, I think that was right on by the forum participant. Check out Harrington's prints...#5 (sorry it's Flash, so no direct link). It's a Mona Lisa dressed as a Native American.
Play by play commentary for this match is provided, as it happens, by Jason Kottke.
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