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The
University of New Orleans (UNO) - Computing and Communications Building
located on the UNO - main campus
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sunlight |
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on
the roof the Sunpendulum
Time-Eye of New Orleans |
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Jeff
Prentice (Ass. Prof., Department of Fine Arts), UNO coordinator of
the Time-Eye installation, talking with Hofstetter Kurt about the installation
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coloring the city of New Orleans |
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called
the
Crescent City, because New Orleans is built on a crescent bend in the Mississippi |
| first impressions |  |
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| the east |  |
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| checking with the compas |  |
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nostalgic
wheel steamers are cruising up and down the Mississippi, on board tourists from all over the world |
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the
beautiful sound of their calliope, an instrument powered
by steam, can be heared from time to time, maybe like in former times |
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the
position has been found
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crossing the Mississippi |
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talking
to M. Scott Koger, University Computing and Communications, about the installation
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New Orleans is a city surrounded by swamp land |
| calculating
the position of the Time-Eye on the roof according to the Golden
Mean
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it is not uncommon to see alligators |
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although considered mysterious by many, the swamps are appreciated for their natural beauty and their amazing plant and animal life |
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| mounting the bracket of the camera |  |
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| mounting the camera |  |
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| with John Lawrence, senior electrical engineer |  |
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running
the video- and power cables
from
the camera to the Time-Eye's computer system
downstairs
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Lake Pontchartrain |
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on the southern shore the UNO main campus is located |
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the
Time-Eye's computer system
downstairs |
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| the fine and final adjustment of the Time-Eye |  |
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seen
on the
UNO campus |
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| adjusting
the
inclination of the Time-Eye |
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seen on the roof |
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the Time-Eye of New Orleans is installed, capturing the sunlight from the sky over the UNO campus |
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sculptures in the neighbourhood |
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the moving picture from the sky over New Orleans is transmitted online via InterNet |
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Hofstetter Kurt is very happy to have the fifth Time-Eye installed in New
Orleans
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recording the moments in parallels |
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Jazz
was born
in New Orleans, |
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new mark in
New Orleans |
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Louis Amstrong too |
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New Orleans Jazz,
a style of music, a swinging, stomping, syncopated beat that makes people want to dance |
| the Sunpendulum press conference at the UNO, |  |
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Ass.
Prof. Jeff Prentice, UNO coordinator of the Time-Eye installation, during
the opening of the press conference
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riding
on the
St. Charles Streetcar (since 1924) |
| Dr. Louis V. Paradise, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost of the UNO |  |
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swaying
beneath the massive arms of
oak trees |
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Bobby
L. Eason, Ed.D., Professor,
Assistant
to the Chancellor (left), Carl Wagner, metropolitan college education
director |
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French
Quarter, historical center of New Orleans,
after a great fire rebuilt by the Spanish in a way of Andalusien style |
| the
UNO
Vice Chancellor, Dr. Louis V. Paradise, receiving an art work by Hofstetter Kurt showing the "vision of the Sunpendulum" |
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| a short scientific talk about the Sunpendulum software by Dr.Christoph Traxler, representative of the Institute of Computergraphics / Vienna University of Technology |  |
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busy
in the
Bourbon Street |
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present
media
3 TV-stations:
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| organized by Gabi Wolf (Austrian National Tourist Office / New York) and Kitt Lipps (UNO public relation department) |  |
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| Ass.
Prof.
Jeff Prentice and Frahn Körner, painter, reflecting the press event |
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the
Time-Eye
of New Orleans |
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one more wonder of nature - the jellies ... watched in the Aquarium of the Americas |
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... very relaxing ... |
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the
Sunpendulum team of
New Orleans: Hofstetter
Kurt Christoph Traxler Barbara Doser
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the
fascinating blue too |
| many thanks for the great collaboration to the staff of the University of New Orleans | the impressions will ever last |
