Artificial Time is an interactive tele-robotic installation
for the web. It explores our concepts of and relationship
to time. A robotic arm, which consists of an armature with
a halogen light source on the end, is connected to the web
and acts as a light source that revolves above a sundial.
By controlling the movement of the robotic arm, one is able
to control the shadow on the sundial, thereby controlling
the representation of time. Artificial Time confronts both
the exhibition visitor and the Internet user with the simultaneity
of different time zones and experiences. Spinning in a continuous
time loop, the shadow on the sundial oscillates between
the local time and the virtual time of a remote location,
which in itself is the local time of a telematic visitor.
