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What time is it?

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Re: What time is it?

#5
So is this a clever split frame trick or did they actually spend an entire day doing that?

EDIT: Actually, the lighting would be really difficult if it was a trick so I'm going to say it's real.

Re: What time is it?

#6
post #2

And cue the commercials cloned off this. Absolutely brilliant. I couldn't find any background on it though - looks like a Czech project?

With the Fernsehturm at Alexanderplatz in the background, I'd rather wager Berlin?

Re: What time is it?

#7
The location seems to be Berlin, but the domain is Czech.

It would be cool to have this in different timezones with corresponding backgrounds!

Re: What time is it?

#9
This is an art project called 'Standard Time' by Mark Formanek. In late 2007 he filmed a team of 70 workers constructing this clock through 1611 iterations (every minute) for a 24-hour period in Berlin's Sculpture Park. So when originally filmed it was done in real-time.

The flash video here is based on a screensaver that Formanek has made available which synchronises that video to your system clock, making it appear that you're watching the clock as it's being built. It's a clever idea with great execution and the effect is interesting enough that a number of galleries have put screens with the time-synced video on display.

Formanek has since staged a few live re-enactments of this clock being built, though I'm not sure if any others have gone for the full 24 hours.

There's more info, including videos demonstrating how it was done, at the official site: http://www.standard-time.com/

Re: What time is it?

#10
post #4

Considering how much work was put into this, the novelty is lost very quickly, for me at least.

Things you only look at for a short time can still have a pervasive impact. I find art mostly works that way for me at least, and I think that will be the case here.
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