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the
Sunpendulum Time-Eye of Tokyo installed on the roof of the Future Design Institute / Kanazawa
Institute of Technology / KIT - Tokyo |
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Tokyo |
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| Tosiyasu
L. Kunii, Prof. Emeritus of the
University of Tokyo and Director of the KIT - IT institute Tokyo, initiated
the Sunpendulum collaboration
with the KIT |
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Tokyo
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| Nobumasa
Iwashita, Director of the KIT - Office of Research Development,
made the Time-Eye installation at the Future Design Institute / FDI -
Tokyo possible |
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Azby
Brown, Director of the KIT -
Future
Design Institute (FDI), the
Sunpendulum Coordinator of Tokyo
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Miyako
Takeshita, Researcher/FDI and
curator assisting the Time-Eye installation
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Roppongi |
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Hofstetter
Kurt, concept and media
artist, Sunpendulum director, on the roof of the FDI building looking
for the best position to install the Sunpendulum Time-Eye of Tokyo
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sculptures on the roof of FDI near the Time-Eye |
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right position for the Sunpendulum
Time-Eye of Tokyo has been found |
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Azby
Brown and Hofstetter Kurt
fixing the time table and clearing details of the installation process
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Miyako
Takeshita coordinating
necessary items
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mounting
the bracket
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mounting
the Time-Eye's video camera
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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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bizarre netart of Tokyo |
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| soldering the cables |  |
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closing
the cam
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the fine |
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and
final adjustment
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Dr.
Christoph Traxler, representative
of the Institute of Computergraphics and Algorithms / Vienna University
of Technology connecting the Time-Eye's server to
the internet
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the
Sunpendulum Time-Eye Server System being installed in its
final position -
ready to transmit images from the sky over Harajuku / Tokyo via the
internet
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the
Time-Eye of Tokyo running
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Tokyo´s flag |
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on
February 14th, 2005, the Sunpendulum press event took place at the FDI - KIT Tokyo |
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seen at
the fish market of Tokyo |
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journalists and
guests of honour attended
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Azby
Brown, Director-FDI and Sunpendulum Coordinator, moderating
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press event as well as translating from english to japanese
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opening
statement by Yukio Hori, Vice
President of the
Kanazawa Institute of Technology
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Mag.
Arnold Obermayr, Cultural
Attaché
/ Austrian Embassy Tokyo
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signs |
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Hofstetter
Kurt thanking everyone
involved in the
realisation
of the Sunpendulum Time-Eye of Tokyo
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Dr.
Christoph Traxler highlighting the
role of the Vienna University of Technology in the realisation of
the Sunpendulum project
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Hofstetter
Kurt handed over one of his "Facing Time Eye" artworks to Vice
President
Yukio Hori |
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Mag.
Michael Otter,
Austrian Embassy Tokyo - Commercial Section, built up the necessary close contact to the KIT and FDI for the realisation of the Time Eye of Tokyo |
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wishes |
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Itsuo
Sakane, Emeritus President
IAMAS, prominent media art expert and art critic attended the
press event |
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following the press event
further discussions in detail regarding the artistic intentions of the
Sunpendulum project in a relaxed atmosphere at the FDI
laboratory
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Itsuo
Sakane in discussion with
Hofstetter Kurt
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Kei
Sugiura from the Miyake Issey
Foundation talking to Hofstetter Kurt
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Shinto priest |
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Hofstetter
Kurt
signing the Sunpendulum Collaboration Agreement in presence of Akihiro
Kakimoto, Head of Research
Planning - KIT Off. of Research Development
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| Hofstetter
Kurt shaking
hands with Azby Brown; Miyako Takeshita, Akihiro Kakimoto |
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Hofstetter
Kurt happy having
realized the installation of the 11th
Sunpendulum Time-Eye in Tokyo
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Kanazawa
Institute of Technology
(KIT), Kanazawa
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Kanazawa |
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Yoshio
Izumiya, Managing Director of
the KIT welcoming Hofstetter Kurt at KIT main campus
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snow |
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Hofstetter
Kurt handed over one of his "Facing Time Eye" artworks to
Director Yoshio
Izumiya
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Hofstetter
Kurt was invited to hold a lecture
about the artistic intentions
of the Sunpendulum at KIT - Kanazawa;
Azby Brown translating |
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old geisha district |
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KIT
students attending the lecture
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the
geometry of the Sunpendulum
Station PHI
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21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa |
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Hofstetter
Kurt catching his memories
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The
Sunpendulum Team of Tokyo:
Dr. Christoph Traxler, Barbara Doser (artist, Sunpendulum documentation), Hofstetter
Kurt
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thanks for the great collaboration to the staff of the Kanazawa
Institute of Technology in Tokyo and Kanazawa |
the impressions will ever last |
