The base cryptograms of the NKRYPT sculptures
The eight NKRYPT sculptures in Canberra (Australia) are inscribed with numerous encrypted messages. One of them might have something to do with human genetic material.
It’s hard to believe, but it’s been almost two years since I last blogged about NKRYPT. But there is a lot more to this topic than was previously available on Cipherbrain.
NKRYPT
For those who don’t know yet: NKRYPT is a modern artwork consisting of eight steel columns located in front of the Questacon Science and Technology Centre in Canberra, Australia. NKRYPT was created by artist Stuart Kohlhagen and inaugurated in March 2013.
Source: Glenn McIntosh
There are two encrypted texts on each NKRYPT column. These messages all look different and are independent of each other. About half of the cryptograms have been solved, the others are still waiting to be decrypted.
Quelle/Source: Glenn McIntosh
The methods used range from a rotor cipher to a Caesar cipher to a scytale. The level of difficulty varies. There are two NKRYPT fan websites. One is run by Glenn McIntosh, ….
Quelle/Source: Glenn McIntosh
…, the other by Greg Lloyd.
Glenn designates the eight columns with the letters from A to H as follows:
Quelle/Source: Glenn McIntosh
NKRYPT is not, of course, the only modern work of art to have encoded messages on it. Think, for example, of Kryptos, the Cyrillic Projector, or the Cheltenham Listening Stones. For me, however, NKRYPT is the best-designed artwork in this category, if only because it offers so many different methods and difficulty levels.
The socket cryptograms
Not only the eight columns themselves, but also the column bases are described. These are each a sequence of one- and two-digit numbers. Glenn McIntosh has provided me with the following transcriptions:
A: 10 11 9 11 9 12 13 17 28 29 15 17 11 12 11 12 11 13 20 24 9
13 11 11 7 93 11 11 14 17
B: 10 10 9 12 11 13 15 17 28 30 17 18 11 12 8 10 14 15 22 24
12 13 11 12 7 10 8 11 14 17
C: 10 10 11 12 11 13 14 15 30 30 17 18 12 12 8 10 14 14 19 22
12 12 11 13 7 7 8 8 14 17
D: 10 11 9 14 12 13 15 17 28 30 17 17 11 11 8 12 13 15 22 24 9
13 11 11 93 10 8 11 14 17
E: 10 11 12 14 11 13 15 22 28 30 16 17 11 13 8 10 12 15 22 22
10 13 11 13 9 10 8 8 16 17
F: 10 12 12 14 11 12 14 15 28 30 16 17 11 11 8 10 10 15 19 24
9 12 11 13 9 93 8 8 14 17
G: 11 12 9 12 11 13 15 17 28 30 17 18 11 11 10 12 13 14 19 24
12 13 11 12 7 93 8 11 14 17
H: 10 12 11 12 11 11 14 17 30 30 16 18 11 12 10 10 10 14 19 24
12 12 12 13 7 9 8 11 14 14
Glenn noticed that you can combine two numbers at a time:
A: 10/11 9/11 9/12 13/17 28/29 15/17 11/12 11/12 11/13 20/24 9/13 11/11
7/9.3 11/11 14/17
B: 10/10 9/12 11/13 15/17 28/30 17/18 11/12 8/10 14/15 22/24 12/13 11/12
7/10 8/11 14/17
C: 10/10 11/12 11/13 14/15 30/30 17/18 12/12 8/10 14/14 19/22 12/12
11/13 7/7 8/8 14/17
D: 10/11 9/14 12/13 15/17 28/30 17/17 11/11 8/12 13/15 22/24 9/13 11/11
9.3/10 8/11 14/17
E: 10/11 12/14 11/13 15/22 28/30 16/17 11/13 8/10 12/15 22/22 10/13
11/13 9/10 8/8 16/17
F: 10/12 12/14 11/12 14/15 28/30 16/17 11/11 8/10 10/15 19/24 9/12 11/13
9/9.3 8/8 14/17
G: 11/12 9/12 11/13 15/17 28/30 17/18 11/11 10/12 13/14 19/24 12/13
11/12 7/9.3 8/11 14/17
H: 10/12 11/12 11/11 14/17 30/30 16/18 11/12 10/10 10/14 19/24 12/12
12/13 7/9 8/11 14/14
Glenn reminds these sequences of DNA strands, as they could be measured with early analysis devices. Are the sequences of numbers perhaps the genetic fingerprints of some people? If so, according to Glenn, a European or Asian origin of these people is most likely. In addition, the people are likely to be related. Has Stuart Kohlhagen immortalized his own family here?
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Further reading: The NKRYPT sculptures (2): The squircle cryptogram
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