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Hand Written Clock

Posted by samzenpus on from the up-to-the-minute dept.

a3buster writes "This clock does not actually have a man inside, but a flatscreen that plays a 24-hour loop of this video by the artist watching his own clock somewhere and painstakingly erasing and re-writing each minute. This video was taken at Design Miami during Art Basel Miami Beach 2009."

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  1. 24 hours? by MattSausage · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Also, I would imagine he only painstakingly did this for 12 hours, no need for 24

  2. I like... by msauve · · Score: 3, Interesting

    this one better.

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    1. Re:I like... by Kesch · · Score: 3, Insightful

      While the Industrious Clock is probably a better "hand-drawn" timekeeper, I'd say the real draw of this is not just the clock face, but the entire mounting in a man sized box with the clock sunken. It then truly looks like you have kidnapped someone, shoved them into a box, and forced them to keep time with whiteboard markers. I'd like to see a pocket watch version with a tiny demon inside.

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  3. Re:Creepy by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 4, Informative

    Not to worry. He comes out. At night. And watches you sleep. When he can see that your breathing is deep and even, he collects your tears with a thin glass needle.

  4. Re:Ummm... by Tubal-Cain · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's why it's in Idle.

  5. Wrong by electricbern · · Score: 5, Funny

    The clock is wrong. I wonder if it is due to daylight saving time.

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  6. Would be more impressive... by aicrules · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...if he included a second hand.

  7. Re:Ummm... by Spazztastic · · Score: 3, Informative

    Well then I wonder how Idle made front page.

    Adjust your Slashdot homepage to not include Idle, then.

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  8. Re:Creepy by Looce · · Score: 4, Funny

    A thin hand drawn glass needle.

  9. Re:Where's the repository? by SEWilco · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's an open hardware project. Most people can build one, but it takes 9 months to download the basic hardware. Programming it takes years.