Software Art Installation: JIKANKEI Sun Time, Fukushima to Hiroshima.
ソフトウエア・アート インスタレーション：時間系不定時報 福島 - 広島
Installation Plan / インスタレーション・プラン
Software "JIKANKEI" Displays the Sun Direction's Times at the 20 Nuclear Explosions and Catastrophic Accidents Places.
アートソフトウエア「時間系」が、地球上20カ所の核兵器爆発・原発事故地点の太陽の不定時報を示します。
Software "JIKANKEI" V.2.0 for MacOS by Kenji Kojima on 18 flat panel displays
1. Fukushima, Japan: Explosions at Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. March 2011
2. Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands: Nuclear weapons tests by USA between 1948 and 1958
3. Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands: Nuclear weapons tests by USA between 1946 and 1958
4. Amchitka, Alaska: Nuclear weapons tests in Aleutian Islands by USA between 1965 and 1971
5. Moruroa, French Polynesia: Nuclear weapons tests by France between 1966 and 1996
6. Trinity Site, New Mexico: Nuclear weapon test by USA. July 1945
7. Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania: Nuclear meltdown at Three Mile Island Power Plant in USA. March 1979
8. Enrico Fermi, Michigan: Nuclear meltdown at Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station. October 1966
9. Lucens, Vaud, Switzerland: Nuclear meltdown of the cavern at Lucens, Vaud, Switzerland. January 1969
10. Sahara Desert, Algeria: Nuclear weapons tests by France between 1960 and 1962
11. Chernobyl, Ukraine: Explosions at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant under USSR. April 1986
12. Novaya Zemlya, Arctic Ocean: Nuclear weapons tests by USSR between 1955 and 1990
13. Chagai Hills, Pakistan: Nuclear weapons tests by Pakistan. 1998
14. Pokhran, India: Nuclear weapons tests by India. 1974, 1998
15. Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: Nuclear weapons tests in Kazakhstan under USSR between 1949 and 1989
16. Lop Nur, China: Nuclear weapons tests by China between 1964 and 1996
17. Trimouille Island, Montebello Islands: Nuclear weapon test in Western Australia by UK. October 1952
18. Musadan-Ri, North Kore: Nuclear weapons tests by North Korea. 2006, 2009.
19. Nagasaki, Japan: The atomic bombing of the city by US. August 1945
20. Hiroshima, Japan: The atomic bombing of the city by US. August 1945
Software JIKANKEI Web Site
JIKANKEI “FUJYO JIHOU” / 時間系不定時報
JIKANKEI is a software art. The word JIKANKEI is the time system, and FUJYO JIHOU is gradually changing time in Japanese. We are living in one of 24 local time zones by modern universal system, also are involved into one global time by the Internet. JIKANKEI shows the sunrise, the sunset and the sun direction times. This is a primitive time idea, but more personal. JIKANKEI does not express scientifically accurate data. It is only an art work. Linger in the morning brightness, in the afternoon glow, and enjoy the gradually changing seasons on this globe. JIKANKEI is like fictions or poems. It is useless in this pursuit of profitable computer society. I hope you will realize your standing place on this globe and feel the atmosphere of the Earth. The author makes no warranties to your physical and/or mental damages.
The basic idea of "JIKANKEI FUJYO JIHOU" is before Westernized Japanese Clock System (until 1873). Probably it was the most popular time system in the world. I believed your ancestors lived in the similar JIKANKEI time. I just did not know the histories well. FUJYO JIHOU divides daytime to six equal periods which an angular unit to 30 degrees is measured along the celestial equator. When it is equinox one of periods is almost two hours. However It is changed by seasons, summer time is longer and winter time is shorter. The each divided points were named to the 6 directions of zodiac symbols in day time and the 6 directions of symbols in evening, such as U (卯: pronounced "wu" rabbit, the sunrise. six gongs: ake mutsu), TATSU (辰: dragon, 30 degrees from the sunrise / about two hours form the sunrise. five gongs), MI (巳: pronounced "me" snake, 60 degrees from the sunrise / about four hours from the sunrise. four gongs), and UMA (午: "wuma". horse, 90 degrees. noon. nine gongs), HITSUJI (未: sheep. 120 degrees. eight gongs), SARU (申: monkey. 150 degrees. sevent gongs), TORI (酉: rooster. 180 degrees. six gongs: kure mutsu). JIKANKEI also shows one twelfth of daytime and one twelfth of evening time for the understanding of differences between twenty fourth even divided modern clock system.
JIKANKEI displays angles of the Sun and local times of cities and places on the Earth. When the Sun transits on divided 30 degrees, JIKANKEI plays a signal of MIDI sound which is made by the text of Sun date of the places. Mac version shows a full screen of Google MAPS's satellite images on the background.
JIKANKEI takes sunrise and sunset data of the specific place from US Naval Observatory Date Services by longitude and latitude through Internet. The development of JIKANKEI was started in 2002. It had been suspended for some years for the Internet data problems. However the development was restarted in September 2012.
Kenji Kojima
email to the author
ソフトウエア・アート インスタレーション：時間系不定時報 福島 - 広島
Installation Plan / インスタレーション・プラン
Software "JIKANKEI" Displays the Sun Direction's Times at the 20 Nuclear Explosions and Catastrophic Accidents Places.
アートソフトウエア「時間系」が、地球上20カ所の核兵器爆発・原発事故地点の太陽の不定時報を示します。
Software "JIKANKEI" V.2.0 for MacOS by Kenji Kojima on 18 flat panel displays
1. Fukushima, Japan: Explosions at Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. March 2011
2. Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands: Nuclear weapons tests by USA between 1948 and 1958
3. Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands: Nuclear weapons tests by USA between 1946 and 1958
4. Amchitka, Alaska: Nuclear weapons tests in Aleutian Islands by USA between 1965 and 1971
5. Moruroa, French Polynesia: Nuclear weapons tests by France between 1966 and 1996
6. Trinity Site, New Mexico: Nuclear weapon test by USA. July 1945
7. Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania: Nuclear meltdown at Three Mile Island Power Plant in USA. March 1979
8. Enrico Fermi, Michigan: Nuclear meltdown at Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station. October 1966
9. Lucens, Vaud, Switzerland: Nuclear meltdown of the cavern at Lucens, Vaud, Switzerland. January 1969
10. Sahara Desert, Algeria: Nuclear weapons tests by France between 1960 and 1962
11. Chernobyl, Ukraine: Explosions at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant under USSR. April 1986
12. Novaya Zemlya, Arctic Ocean: Nuclear weapons tests by USSR between 1955 and 1990
13. Chagai Hills, Pakistan: Nuclear weapons tests by Pakistan. 1998
14. Pokhran, India: Nuclear weapons tests by India. 1974, 1998
15. Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan: Nuclear weapons tests in Kazakhstan under USSR between 1949 and 1989
16. Lop Nur, China: Nuclear weapons tests by China between 1964 and 1996
17. Trimouille Island, Montebello Islands: Nuclear weapon test in Western Australia by UK. October 1952
18. Musadan-Ri, North Kore: Nuclear weapons tests by North Korea. 2006, 2009.
19. Nagasaki, Japan: The atomic bombing of the city by US. August 1945
20. Hiroshima, Japan: The atomic bombing of the city by US. August 1945
Software JIKANKEI Web Site
JIKANKEI “FUJYO JIHOU” / 時間系不定時報
JIKANKEI is a software art. The word JIKANKEI is the time system, and FUJYO JIHOU is gradually changing time in Japanese. We are living in one of 24 local time zones by modern universal system, also are involved into one global time by the Internet. JIKANKEI shows the sunrise, the sunset and the sun direction times. This is a primitive time idea, but more personal. JIKANKEI does not express scientifically accurate data. It is only an art work. Linger in the morning brightness, in the afternoon glow, and enjoy the gradually changing seasons on this globe. JIKANKEI is like fictions or poems. It is useless in this pursuit of profitable computer society. I hope you will realize your standing place on this globe and feel the atmosphere of the Earth. The author makes no warranties to your physical and/or mental damages.
The basic idea of "JIKANKEI FUJYO JIHOU" is before Westernized Japanese Clock System (until 1873). Probably it was the most popular time system in the world. I believed your ancestors lived in the similar JIKANKEI time. I just did not know the histories well. FUJYO JIHOU divides daytime to six equal periods which an angular unit to 30 degrees is measured along the celestial equator. When it is equinox one of periods is almost two hours. However It is changed by seasons, summer time is longer and winter time is shorter. The each divided points were named to the 6 directions of zodiac symbols in day time and the 6 directions of symbols in evening, such as U (卯: pronounced "wu" rabbit, the sunrise. six gongs: ake mutsu), TATSU (辰: dragon, 30 degrees from the sunrise / about two hours form the sunrise. five gongs), MI (巳: pronounced "me" snake, 60 degrees from the sunrise / about four hours from the sunrise. four gongs), and UMA (午: "wuma". horse, 90 degrees. noon. nine gongs), HITSUJI (未: sheep. 120 degrees. eight gongs), SARU (申: monkey. 150 degrees. sevent gongs), TORI (酉: rooster. 180 degrees. six gongs: kure mutsu). JIKANKEI also shows one twelfth of daytime and one twelfth of evening time for the understanding of differences between twenty fourth even divided modern clock system.
JIKANKEI displays angles of the Sun and local times of cities and places on the Earth. When the Sun transits on divided 30 degrees, JIKANKEI plays a signal of MIDI sound which is made by the text of Sun date of the places. Mac version shows a full screen of Google MAPS's satellite images on the background.
JIKANKEI takes sunrise and sunset data of the specific place from US Naval Observatory Date Services by longitude and latitude through Internet. The development of JIKANKEI was started in 2002. It had been suspended for some years for the Internet data problems. However the development was restarted in September 2012.
Kenji Kojima
email to the author