The works and titles of this painter were recently unveiled at an exhibition. What ten letters did the Germans use to describe his collective of artists?
errata: the final image should be this:
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$\begingroup$ Message for question author (please ignore if you're not the OP): rot13(Url, V abgvprq gung lbh ner cbfgvat lbhe chmmyrf gb e/CvpgherTnzr nf jryy. Guvf pna yrnq gb crbcyr nppvqragnyyl fcbvyvat gur fbyhgvba sbe gurzfryirf (sbe rknzcyr, ol frnepuvat vg hc). Vg'f avpr gb frr gung lbhe chmmyrf ner ernpuvat zhygvcyr pbzzhavgvrf, ohg V jbaqre vs gurer'f n jnl gb oevat gurfr pbzzhavgvrf gbtrgure. Arkg gvzr, qb lbh guvax lbh pna cbfg chmmyrf ba qvssrerag cyngsbezf fvzhygnarbhfyl naq vasbez rnpu cyngsbez bs gur cerfrapr bs lbhe bgure cbfg(f)? Yrg zr xabj jung lbh guvax.) $\endgroup$– Benjamin WangCommented Oct 3, 2023 at 18:40
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The key insight is to realize that
the shapes represent a phonetic substitution cipher
with
angles of pink circles corresponding to vowels, large circles corresponding to consonants, and red triangles marking the start/ends of words:
The flavortext is
a quote from Wassily Kandinsky
which
allows us to assign words/phrases to each of the parts
Putting all of this together, the first 4 parts can be interpreted like so:
Using this information, we can then interpret the last part:
Then,
We get the cluephrase ECHO CHAMBER OR ACT HOMOEROTIC
Which resolves to our final answer of
CIRCLEJERK!
answered Sep 17, 2023 at 11:02
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$\begingroup$ hi! great work so far. unfortunately there's an error i've made with the puzzle's image. here's an updated version, changes are the >!homoerotic error as you've pointed out!<, and the left piece has been updated. good luck! $\endgroup$– empyreuCommented Sep 17, 2023 at 11:14
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