Tuesday, August 7, 2018

cipher - What is the title of this modern art painting, if not "Stars and Stripes"?


This puzzle belongs to the puzzle series: hyper-modern art




Still in the hyper-modern art gallery...



"You know, even now that you have explained to me, how hyper-modern-art works, I still don't quite get it. I mean, the image is just... monochrome. I really prefer more colour in art."


"Ah, but that's not a problem my friend. Just come with me and look at another painting from the same artist. See, more than enough colours"


"Well, yes, but I'd say this is a rather dumb variation of Stars 'n' Stripes...
Why on earth are you chuckling now?"


"It's just that I found your comment rather funny. In particular, if you look at the title of this painting..."


"Oh!! I see. Well, I can see why it is funny, but I can absolutely not see, why this work is called like this!"


"Well, well, my friend. Sometimes you have to look beyond what is visible, connect the facts and combine all in an intuitive way. You know Rebus puzzles, don't you? See, this painting really is just a somewhat more involved variant. But you were right in one thing. The stripes are without any meaning."




StarsAndStripesIsNotMyName


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The goal of this puzzle is to find the title of the work, which is a single word. The puzzle is fully contained in the image. You may want to download the full-size version for processing.





Hints




  • The puzzle can be solved with a printed version of the image above.





  • The puzzle requires an action and is (likely) not being solved by just looking at the picture.




Solution self-verification


Read the following after you think you have the solution.
Note, that if you base your solution by guessing on the information below, you have not solved the puzzle. The facts below should not be part of your solution.



- the final word has 6 letters
- all letters are different

- it is a noun
- it ends with 's'




Answer



The answer is



Genius



The first observation is:




There are 20 pairs of identical symbols, which can be connected by lines.



Now:



We can find the intersections of the lines from the same colors, producing 10 points.



In the same way:



We can also intersect lines which connect the same shapes, which produce another 10 points.




And the result:



The intersection points spell out "IQ".



Combined with the "130", this produces the phrase



"IQ over 130", which describes a genius.



Here is the picture which goes with this solution:




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