{"id":7924,"date":"2010-10-21T12:22:29","date_gmt":"2010-10-21T16:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/?p=7924"},"modified":"2010-10-21T12:22:29","modified_gmt":"2010-10-21T16:22:29","slug":"what-time-is-it-time-to-wish-you-were-in-prague","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/what-time-is-it-time-to-wish-you-were-in-prague\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;What Time Is It?&#8221; &#8220;Time to Wish You Were in Prague.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Per Eileen of <a title=\"Speak Coffee to Me blog\" href=\"http:\/\/speakcoffeetome.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Speak Coffee to Me<\/em><\/a>, this awesome* video of a projection on <a title=\"Wikipedia, on the Prague Astronomical Clock\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prague_Astronomical_Clock\" target=\"_blank\">the Prague Orloj<\/a>, an &#8220;astronomical clock tower.&#8221; &#8220;The 600 Years&#8221; refers to the number of years since the clock was first built &#8212; years which pass by as you watch the video:<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/15749093\" width=\"399\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"The 600 Years\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>It&#8217;s the handiwork of a project known as <a title=\"The Macula's home page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.themacula.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Macula<\/a>, &#8220;<span><span>dealing with the relationship between image, sound <\/span><\/span><span><span>and audience<\/span><\/span>.&#8221; If you follow that link to their site, be sure to nose around some to view more of their other work&#8230; including similar projection-on-buildings pieces.<\/p>\n<p>The logistical problems they had to solve to make this overwhelm my brain. 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