_SunClock
A yellow field moving at a computer screen. It reflects the suns movements
in the sky and the movement can hardly be seen, but it s moving all the
time. When the sun rises a yellow field starts to move, first the field
can hardly be seen but the more the sun moves the more you can see of
the yellow field. At the middle of the day the whole field can be seen
and the whole screen are yellow. It could be seen as a slowly moving
painting. When the sun goes down the yellow field disappear. You can
follow the sun live,
a
digital Sun.
Computer Version
Physical (lightbulb)
Mobile
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A yellow field moving at a computer
screen. It reflects the suns movements in the sky and the movement can
hardly be seen, but it s moving all
the time. When the sun rises a yellow field starts to move, first the
field can hardly be seen but the more the sun moves the more you can
see of the yellow field. At the middle of the day the whole field can
be seen and the whole screen are yellow. It could be seen as a slowly
moving painting.
When the sun goes down the yellow field disappear. You can follow the
sun live when it’s moving over your area/city. A digital Sun.
See net version:
Perth
Stockholm
Gothenburg
NewYork
Tokyo
London
This project is also made for mobilphones and as a lamp. Read more
about the diffrent versions below.
This project are coded specific for a geoghrapical location. I code
the piece for the site/location where its shown. This piece has been
shown in different places in Sweden, Canada, Scotland and Finland.
So far there is nine versions of the program for nine different geographical
locations and I intends to continue to produce new ones.
Exhibition history
Perth, Threshold art space (Scotland) 20060901
Berlin, Galleri Mein Blaue (Germany) 20060620
Glasgow, Egoburger(Scotland) 20060520
Helsinki, Helsinki art academy, (Finland) 20060410
Montreal, Ministry of Casual Living (Canada) 20051220
Vancover,Vaarc gallery, (Canada) 20060110
Jonkoping, länsmuseet, (Sweden) 20051120
Gothenburg, Valentin o Byhr, konsthögskolan Valand (Sweden) 20050520
Stromstad, Lokstallet konsthall, (Sweden) 2005041
This is a lamp that follows the light of the sun. The light bulb (electricity) is programmed to follow the sun. When the sun rises in the morning the lamp starts to omit light, intensifying every second, shining brightest in middle of the day. After this the light begins to fade with the sun, appearing dimmest at sunset. You can`t see the light changing beacuse it omnit light in a very slow movement, but it changes all the time as the sun moves in the sky. A digital sun.
SunClock. (Mobile version)
It looks and functions the same as the net version but instead of a computer
screen this one shows on Mobil phones. The mobile version is availible
for three citys; Perth, Stockholm, Gothenburg. There will soon be more...
Below you can download the Sun Clock for your mobile phone. To be
able to view this you need Macromedia Flash Lite 1.1 for your mobile
phone. Flash Lite technology is a new technology for mobile phones
which is becoming more and more common, but there are still phones
that do not support it. To see if your mobile phone supports Flash
Lite 1.1, click
here.
Read more about this technology at the end of this page.
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To download, right-click on the link below and save the file to your
desktop. Unpack the file and transfer it to your mobile phone. The
directory to which you should transfer the file depends on your phone
model; consult your phone manual for further instructions.
What is Flash Lite?
Flash Lite is the Flash technology specifically developed for mobile
phones and consumer electronics. Flash Lite dramatically accelerates
the delivery of rich content and browsing, as well as customized user
interfaces. Designers and developers now have access to a new level of
expressions, efficiency and interactivity for content creation.
Flash Lite has experienced and explosive adaptation by ORMs, operators
and developers in Japan and Asia, and is quickly growing worldwide. This
growth is driven by the mature Flash authoring enviroment and rendering
engine that delivers enhanced content and browsing, customized UI and
a rich mobile experience on a multitude of devices.
Downloads.
There are two different versions of the Sun Clock for mobile phones.
The recommended version is the one that allows for fullscreen use (named
Mobile Version 1). Because not all mobile phones support this function,
there is also a
second version
that does not use fullscreen mode, which you can try if the first version
doesn't work on your model. Save the file below and upload it to your
phone (zip-file).
Perth
Mobile version 1
Mobile version 2
Gothenburg
MobileVersion 1
MobileVersion 2
Stockholm
MobileVersion 1
MobileVersion 2
NewYork
MobileVersion1
MobileVersion2
Tokyo
MobileVersion1
MobileVersion2
London
MobileVersion1
MobileVersion2
20060520
SunClock is part of an art-historical essays for Threshold artspace. You can
read the article at... DigitisingNature
20060320
Sun clock is part of the show TIME at Threshold artspace.
20060120
"Most useless invention in the world!"
There has been some writings about sunclock on different WebPages and blogs. There is some funny reading about the piece and some people seams to like it, but some people thinks it is pointless. Anyway approxly 1000 people has download it to there mobile phone.
The picture below is from a Norwegian site that thinks it’s the most pointless program for mobile phone ever made. It might be true. Below I post some of the funniest comments about the piece. You can also see some links to sites that been written about it. Some of the pages are written in Spanish, French, German and some languages that I don’t understand.
”Svenske jimpalt.org har laget det som trolig er tidenes mest
meningsløse program til mobiltelefon.
” can't coffee without in the morning…”
” it be nice for nurses - they have those f'ed up hours”
” Most useless invention in the world.
” No, no, you miss the point! He clearly states that, when the sun rises,
the bulb starts to "omit" light -- meaning remove light that was there.
Obviously this is breakthrough technology that darkens the room as the sun gets
brighter. All us nightgeeks and non-morning-people are saved!”
” This is great for all us nerds who don't see actual sunlight. ”
thehindubusinessline
http://forums.mobileburn.com
infosthetics.com
www.we-make-money-not-art.com
infosthetics.com
gizmodo
gizmodo
(uk)
textually.org
www.hugg.com
www.mobilen.no
20070219
A new mobileversion for London.
20070216
A new mobileversion for Tokyo.
20070170
Made two new mobileversions for Stockholm and Gothenburg
20061011
I have an artist talk in Dundee at Dundee contemporary art museum (DCA)
this Wednesday (11/10) at 11.00.
I also exhibit at Threshold artspace as part of our ongoing programme:
PLAYERS. I exhibit the piece Movement of the sun (sun clock).