October 10, 2006
Digital sun
Olle Essvik’s Sunclockis a lamp that tracks the sun's movement in the sky and follows it. When the sun rises in the morning the light bulb starts with nearly no light at all, intensifying every second, shining brightest in middle of the day. After this the light begins to fade with the sun, appearing dimmest at sunset.
Now what's interesting is that the work has also an Internet and a mobile phone version.
The net one is coded specific for a geographical location. A yellow field moves on the computer screen, reflecting the sun movements in the sky. Of course the movement can hardly be seen. When the sun rises a yellow field starts to move. At mid-day the whole screen is yellow.
The mobile version functions like the net version, only on a phone screen.
[reBlogged from we-make-money-not-art.com]
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