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Tracking the Sun

view of the La carte et le territoire exhibition, La Galerie Du Crous, Paris 2017

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Tracking the Sun

12 marble slabs, laser engraving in marble, dimensions of each object: 30×91×2 cm, 2017

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Tracking the Sun
12 marble slabs on wooden boxes, laser engraving in marble, dimensions of each object: 30×91×2 cm, 2017

The record of the presence of the Sun in a given latitude (51°06’18.6”N, 17°05’21.4”E) day after day in the year 2016. A Campbell-Stokes heliograph was used to execute the work — a glass sphere focusing the Sun’s rays on an appropriately shaped strip of paper. The rays burn a trace whose length is determined by the time the Sun operates, with an accuracy of six minutes. The drawings on 366 strips of paper were then transferred and laser-engraved on twelve marble slabs, each representing a single month of 2016.

special thanks to:
Prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Migala & Piotr Ropuszynski MSc
University of Wroclaw
Institute of Geography & Regional Development
Department of Climatology & Atmosphere Protection