March 7th, 2008
9 am March 7
Shadow stretches over high school (technology?-note to self check this) and onto warehouse building in next block.
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March 5th, 2008
Louisa, VA
A 48-foot tall sundial painted inside a silo in a country club in Louisa, VA.
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February 28th, 2008
Le Mont Solaire
In September of 2006 (date may be inexact) the French army installed 600 one meter square reflective panels in the shape of Roman numerals on the sands of Mont Saint-Michel, a small rocky island off the coast of Normandy. The island’s 150-foot abbey spire cast a shadow three quarters of a mile long that swept across the numerals. Wow. Video of the installation, a thorough blog post in English, and the website for the project, in French.
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February 21st, 2008
Wall Sundials
A great collection of photographs of painted wall sundials from around the world.
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February 11th, 2008
Stained Glass Sundials
The oldest stained glass sundial, made in the far south of Germany in 1529. Now resides in the Alder Planetarium and Museum in Chicago. For further info: a huge archive of stained glass sundials through history.
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February 7th, 2008
Agnes Denes
From greenmuseum.org: “One of the early pioneers of both the environmental art movement and Conceptual art, Agnes Denes brings her wide ranging interests in the physical and social sciences, mathematics, philosophy, linguistics, poetry and music to her delicate drawings, books and monumental artworks around the globe.”
She has used sundials directly in her work at least twice, listed below, and alluded to sundial-timekeeping ideas lots of times throughout her work.
1990
“Circle of Megaliths with Sundial,” Commissioned by the International Center for the Preservation of Wild Animals, a 10,000 acre wildlife preserve and research center in Columbus, Ohio. (in process)
1988
“The Human Argument in Steel & Crystal with Sundial,” University City Science Center, Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, Penn. (finalist)
Tree Mountain – A Living Time Capsule – 11,000 Trees – 11,000 People – 400 Years, Finland, planted in 1996. A massive earthwork and artificial mountain, this land reclamation project involved planting 11,000 trees in an intricate mathematical pattern derived from a combination of the golden section and a sunflower/pineapple pattern designed by the artist. More on this project here. More on Agnes Denes at the greenmuseum.org site and widely on the www.
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January 31st, 2008
9:40 January 31
Shadow stretches over 13th street to low rooftops.
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January 27th, 2008
3:30 January 27
Shadow tip lands in front yard of Newcomers High School on 28th Street and 41st Ave.
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January 24th, 2008
Montjuïc Telecommunications Tower
Santiago Calatrava, architect, sculptor. (also see Turtle Bridge)
Barcelona, Spain, 1991
Calatrava’s original 130 meter communications tower was built for Telefónica in the heart of the 1992 Olympic site, to carry coverage of the Games. Aside from its distinctive structural form, the tower is innovative in enclosing the circular platform of microwave dishes. The overall form of the tower is based on a Calatrava sketch of a kneeling figure making an offering. The base on which the figure ‘kneels’ is covered in broken glazed tiles in recognition of Gaudi (though with more restrained colors). The orientation of the tower means that the shadow of the central needle on the circular platform acts as a sundial. (reference here)
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