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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. Emiratus of the
University of Tokyo and Director of the KIT - IT institute initiated the collaboration between
KIT - Future Design Institute and the Sunpendulum |
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Tokyo
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| Nobumasa
Iwashita, Director of the KIT - Office of Research Development,
made the Sunpendulum Time
Eye Installation at the Future Design Institute 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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roof sculptures nearby |
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| the 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 (electric mains) of Tokyo |
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| soldering the cables |  |
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closing
the cam
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the fine 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 of Tokyo to
the internet
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the Sunpendulum Time-Eye Server System
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ready to transmit the images from the sky via the internet getting its
final position
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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 |
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seen at the fishmarket of Tokyo |
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journalists and
guests of honour attended
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Azby
Brown, FDI Director of FDI / KIT-Tokyo and Sunpendulum Coordinator of
Tokyo moderating
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press event and translating from english to japanese
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Yukio Hori, Vice President of the
Kanazawa Institute of Technology
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Mag Arnold Obermeyer, Cultural Attache
/ Austrian Embassy Tokyo and Director of the
Austrian Cultural Forum in 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. Christop 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 supporting the installation of the Time Eye of Tokyo as well as the Time-Eye of Dubai in 2002 |
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whishes |
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Itsuko Sakane, attending
the press event
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after the press event there was
time and space to discuss further questions regarding the Sunpendulum
project in a relaxed atmosphere at the FDI Labratory
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Itsuko Sakane discussing with
Hofstetter Kurt
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Kei Sugiura, The Miyake Issey
Foundarion, with Hofstetter Kurt
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Shinto priest |
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Akihiro Kakimoto, Head of Research
Planning - KIT Office of Research Development and Hofstetter Kurt
signing the Sunpendulum Collaboration Agreement
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| Hofstetter Kurt shaking hands with Azby Brown, Director FDI - KIT Tokyo, Miyako Takeshita/FDI, Akihiro Kakimoto |  |
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Hofstetter Kurt happy with the 11th
Sunpendulum Time Eye installation 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
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snow |
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Hofstetter
Kurt overhanded one of his Facing Time Eye artworks to
Director Yoshio
Izumiya
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lecture about the artistic intentions
of the international media
art project Sunpendulum held by Hofstetter Kurt at KIT - Kanazawa:
Azby Brown translating |
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old geisha district |
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21th 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. Christoh 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 (FDI) and Kanazawa |
the impressions will ever last |
