Sunday, November 27, 2011
The picture above is the record of the sunlight at 2.30 pm every Fridays from April 1 to June 17, 2011 before the winter solstice. Some Fridays were cloudy, so I didn’t record them. The aperture of the sunlight is the top window on the right hand side of the picture.
Below, I recorded the sunlight on July 22, 2011 at 2pm, 2.30pm, 3pm and 3.30pm. From recording the position of sunlight in both directions, I can roughly estimate where the sunlight would be if it’s cloudy. But the best way to set up the reflectors for Orbit is to do the day before the performance particularly if it’s sunny. Then again if the day before is cloudy too, this recordings help.
This record on the floor is a record of the Earth orbiting around the Sun. We don't necessarily have embodied experience of the Earth's journey, except that the distance of the orbit equals what we perceive as 'time.' With the magic of film editing, I sped up a video of my improvisation in the studio with the sunlight. Then suddenly, the Earth's journey—and time—became visible.
Click on the image on the left to view the video: Orbie...if Time Is Compressed