building facade semaphore

31 August 2007

adobe_semaphore.jpg
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]

add to delicious.gif add to digg

recent entries

emotionally vague survey results 2008 presidential election in the blogosphere distributions of sport world records TerraForm people-based infographic movie subway map bathroom tiling Mycrocosm personal data graph portal Fleshmap crowdsourcing sex physical information sculptures Ben Shneiderman as interface to infovis visual poetry 2007 & 2008 wireless wifi strength heatmap debategraph debate maps John Lennon interview infographic movie analogue eco-visualization

extra

adobe_semaphore2.jpg

adobe_semaphore3.jpg

comments

excelent arquitecture web,best information of the www.

Hi Im doing some research for a public comission i have, i like this work and wanted to know is the projection visible at all in the daytime or is it purely a time based/night piece.
Thanks,
Ceara

shop

post a comment