Of Violins, air and more

A couple of mysterious violins could be seen from the central staircase of Trinity College today.

They, allegedly, have something to do with an upcoming string music festival in the college.

Despite the originality of the idea, not everyone was happy with it. 'This can only happen in Trinity', exclaimed an appalled string player, imagining a cello being hung in the air like that.

It is, however, not the first time the staircase is involved in such unconventional installations. During the John Cage festival in October 2012 there was a bird cage suspended from the ceiling and one could hear bird-whistling all the way to up. Even earlier, the staircase - as well as the courtyard and main entrance - was stage for a bunch of dancers who were lying with their faces down on the stairs or standing or in weird positions - all in complete silence. I remember how totally bizarre I felt that day, walking in college with a pineapple and a black toy cat in my bag and thinking that it could get more strange than that and seeing this.

I asked, what was the meaning of it.

'It is art, it doesn't have to have a meaning', 

- a friend said.
That's fair enough as the main beauty of conceptual things, art or whatever, is in being not allegoric but applicable, e.g. there could be as many an idea behind something, as many people are experiencing it. Still I wonder... there is something beyond a 'right answer' I'm looking for when I ask for the meaning. Not yet sure what it is exactly, though.

Back to the violins. To me they look as if they are flying. Apparently, art can defy gravity. Or at least violins can - when suspended on metal wire.