The Experiment of Dreams by Brandon Zenner

Author:Brandon Zenner [Zenner, Brandon]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: Thriller, Suspense, Science Fiction, Medical, (v5), Mystery
ISBN: 0692355138
Amazon: B00IOY7FJ8
Barnesnoble: B00IOY7FJ8
Goodreads: 24006150
Publisher: Brandon\Zenner
Published: 2014-02-26T05:00:00+00:00

Mr. Kalispell took Ben and Iain Marcus back toward the main house. A new path led them away from the gravel driveway in the direction of the excavation and the incomplete metal-framed tent. They walked in single file, as the path was nothing more than matted down tire tracks from the heavy excavators and equipment. Mr. Kalispell stopped at the end, opening his arms to present the open space.

“What do you think?”

“I’m not sure what I’m looking at.”

The field was stripped down to bare earth and leveled off. If it were a football field, they would be standing in the end zone, right around the goal post. But the size of the leveled area was much larger than a singular football field. The metal frame in the center covered only a small fraction of the excavated space. The end of the field opened up to the sandy beaches and ocean beyond. Even from his distance, Ben could see the waves glimmering in the sun as they broke on the shore.

“I’ll explain as we walk. I know this area is rough, so try to visualize what I tell you. Use your imagination.”

They stepped out on the muddy soil.

“This, Ben, will be my garden, my greatest artistic achievement to date. We’ve taken the Vitruvian Machine to the next level. Well, maybe not the next level, but the next step of its evolution. What good is it to reproduce art if you are limited to one media? Once the walls of that tent are constructed, it will house a machine so advanced and gigantic in scale that even I have a hard time visualizing what it will look like once complete. It will be a machine capable of carving stone—pure stone—on a scale never before seen. It will cut and mold granite and marble boulders like butter, with the exact precision you witnessed the Vitruvian Machine painting oil masterpieces. These sculptures will be so large and exact that it would take an army of men years to reproduce them.

“I’m sure you’re wondering, why build these machines? Why not use a 3-D printer? The answer is simple: these machines create the artwork just as the artists themselves first created them. They are not entirely unlike 3-D printers; only these machines use the same brushes, chisels, hammers, and paints, as the master artists had at their disposal centuries ago. These machines don’t put the art together in layers, or cut the stone using lasers and modern tools; these machine will create the art the same way as the originals.”

“Right, that makes sense.” Ben had little idea what he was talking about, and had an even smaller idea what a 3-D printer was or how it worked.

“This, Ben, this, will be the most beautiful garden you will ever lay your eyes on … and it’s going to require a massive amount of work. I’m presenting you, Ben, with a very large assignment: years of work—full time employment. A salary.”

Ben stared, transfixed at the massive clearing. “Damn, I wasn’t expecting this.

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