building facade semaphore
31 August 2007

an "animated public art" installation that is located on the top floors of Adobe’s building in San Jose, continuously representing an encoded message in aesthetic way. it consists of 4 orange illuminated discs that rotate every 7.2 seconds, along with a soundtrack available in the immediate proximity on AM 1680 radio.
after much effort, the message was finally decoded a few weeks ago.
[link: sanjosesemaphore.org & bayareanewsgroup.com (PDF) & bayareanewsgroup.com (PDF) & mercurynews.com|via boingboing.net]
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