Comments on: kinetic sculpture by theo jansen /2008/10/kinetic-sculpture-by-theo-jansen/ Sarah Allen's reflections on internet software and other topics Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:40:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.1 By: Susi /2008/10/kinetic-sculpture-by-theo-jansen/#comment-323 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:40:26 +0000 /wordpress/?p=420#comment-323 Hi Sarah-
Beautiful post.
Because yesterday was Memorial Day, I thought I would suggest looking at the Kentucky Vietnam Veterans Memorial, which is another example of the interface between engineering and art:
http://www.helmr.com/ky.htm

It is a sundial with the names of the 1103 soldiers lost during that war, arranged such that the shadow of the tip of gnomon (which is what the pointer on a sundial is called) touches the person’s name on the day of his death each year – a reference to our individuality, our collectivity and our place in the universe.

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