Results of Lunar Phase Algorithmic Case Movement 11.13.08

Results of Lunar Phase Algorithmic Case Movement 11.13.08
From the Officer of Algorithms, Szu-Han Ho: 12/10/08 dayoftheshow = 112 name = CHASE MARKOVICH = 9 28115 419264938 17 46 8 1 9 people count for 12/08= 95 hi/lo = 32/24 dayoftheweek = 4 dept store beginning = 1851 (Lazarus) M = 95 / (((32+24)/2-64.4)/9) = -23.75" D = (1854-1851) / 6 = 0.5 deg

DEPARTMENT (STORE) : The Game

Each case is assigned a numerical barcode [for example:001-6-014]:
-The first 3 numbers signify a case within the total group of 121 cases
-The 4th number represents the length (in feet) of the case
-The last 3 numbers signify its life span, that is, the number of days this particular case is played. Once it reaches this expiration date, the case is played by others. Hence, each player(s) in selecting a case, subscribes to play for a given time period. Note: the oldest cases have no expiration date (and no keys), but must be played throughout the entire semester.

The playing board is the architectural plan of the North Gallery.

Each case will travel across the playing board according to a set of algorithms* incorporating the following variables, or Terms of Entaglement:
-a timeline of historic department store beginnings (a date starting from 1826 through 2008), corresponding to the year of an important department store founding
-the design of Louis Sullivan's architectural ornament interpreted as "functional ornament;" an overlay of lines derived from the ornamentation determines the path of case movement
-local weather, in terms of average daily temperature is subtracted from the optimum department store temperature (determined by study to be 64.4 ° F) to obtain a heating/cooling differential
-a daily count of visitors to the Department (Store), as determined by the people-counter system
-names of participating players, reduced to their numerological figure
-phases of the moon determine dates of case movement. The cases will move on the following dates, which correspond to times when the moon enters each sign:

Taurus 7:57 pm cst wed 9/17/08
Gemini 10:17 pm cst fri 9/19/08
Leo 4:14 am cst wed 9/24/08
Virgo 8:53 am cst fri 9/26/08
Scorpio 11:27 pm cst tues 9/30/08
Sagittarius 10:15 am cst fri 10/3/08
Aquarius 11:03 am cst wed 10/8/08
Pisces 8:31 pm cst fri 10/10/08
Taurus 4:31 am cst wed 10/15/08
Gemini 5:26 am cst fri 10/17/08
Leo 9:36 am cst tues 10/21/08
Virgo 2:41 pm cst thur 10/23/08
Scorpio 6:48 am cst tues 10/28/08
Sagittarius 5:41 pm cst Thur 10/30/08
Aquarius 6:01 pm cst tues 11/4/08
Pisces 4:42 pm cst fri 11/7/08
Taurus 2:05 pm cst Tues 11/11/08
Gemini 2:11 pm cst Thur 11/13/08
Virgo 7:12 pm cst wed 11/19/06
Sagittarius 11:14 pm cst wed 11/26/08
Aquarius 12:46 am cst tues 12/2/08
Pisces 12:24 pm cst thur 12/4/08
Taurus 12:53 am cst tues 12/9/08
Gemini 1:34 am cst Thur 12/11/08

When cases meet...touch...collide, the players are called in to negotiate their collision and to affect the next play. Here, the players may also put into effect a new algorithm.
A map of all movement will be tracked on the southeast wall and by a webcam.

*algorithm : |ˈalgəˌriðəm|
noun
a process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations

Note: details for the exact algorithmic formulas are written on northeast wall of the gallery




FEATURED CASE!
#035-6-056
October 17 - December 11, 2008

Winzeler Gear's art, Devotion @ 50 RPM, is a kinetic sculpture blending two technologies--photography and geared power transmission--and depicting two seemingly disparate concepts—prayer and propulsion.

A prayer wheel is a 'wheel' (Tibetan: 'khor) on a spindle made from metal, wood, leather, or even coarse cotton. On the wheel are depicted or encapsulated prayers, mantras and symbols. According to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, spinning such a wheel will have much the same effect as orally reciting the prayers.

Imagine the reaction from most religions if prayer could be so automated: A repeating audio recording of the Lord's Prayer or passages from the Koran to relieve the faithful of the tedium of devotion would be denounced as blasphemy, yet the high mountain Buddhists of Tibet send these wheels merrily spinning and are no less devout.

To learn more, go to: http://www.winzelergear.com/press.html


To have your case featured, send image(s), case number, dates of subscription and a brief statement to the Supervisor of Interconnectivity at ealder@saic.edu.
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