Sunpendulum
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Sunpendulum is an art, science and technology project[1] devised by Austrian media artist Kurt Hofstetter.[2]
Concept
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Twelve video cameras called "time-eyes" are connected to the internet in twelve locations in twelve time zones around the Earth, observing the sky twenty four hours per day, continuously creating a hypothetical "sun clock" which spans the planet.[3]
The installations were located in:
- 1999 - Maui, Bermuda and Granada [citation needed]
- 2000 - Cairo, New Orleans and Ensenada [citation needed]
- 2001 - Azores [citation needed]
- 2002 - Dubai[4]
- 2003 - Hong Kong[5]
- 2004 - Kolkata[6]
- 2005 - Tokyo[7]
- 2006 - Marshall Islands[8]
The kernel team consists of scientists (chiefly from the Institute of Computer Graphics and Algorithms at the Vienna University of Technology) and artists. Its primary tasks are ongoing technical developments which maintain the integrity of the project and its hardware and software.
Collaboration partners
[edit]The collaboration partners are scientific and academic institutions which host the time-eye cameras, hardware and servers and participate in the project's international cross-cultural cooperation.
- Zayed University[4]
- Jadavpur University[6]
- Hong Kong University of Science and Technology[5]
- Kanazawa Institute of Technology[7]
- College of the Marshall Islands[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "The Sunpendulum Concept". INST Research Institute for Regional and Transnational Processes. 1993. Retrieved June 15, 2007.
- ^ "Kurt Hofstetter, Member of Parallel Media". Basis Wien. Retrieved June 15, 2007.
- ^ "Inplusion: 12 time-eyes around the earth watch the sky". Project website. Retrieved June 15, 2007.
- ^ a b Staff reporter (13 February 2002). "ZU selected as site for Sunpendulum project". Khaleej Times. Retrieved June 15, 2007.
- ^ a b ""Time-Eye" at HKUST Puts Hong Kong on Global Hi-Tech Media Art Scene". Hong Kong University of Science and Technology website. 13 March 2003. Archived from the original on 22 February 2007. Retrieved June 15, 2007.
- ^ a b Anisha Baksi. "Solar Power". The Statesman. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved June 15, 2007.
- ^ a b "February News: Media art of terrestrial scale: The Kanazawa Institute of Technology future design laboratory (Tokyo)". KITnet.jp (in Japanese). (A Google search for Kanazawa sunpendulum will yield a link which can be translated into English.). February 2005. Archived from the original on 2007-04-28. Retrieved June 15, 2007.
- ^ a b "Sunpendulum Project - International video monitoring, one at CMI, Majuro". yokwe.com. 3 October 2006. Retrieved June 15, 2007.
External links
[edit]- Institute of Computer Graphics and Algorithms (ICGA) website.
- Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute (BUEI) website.