Survey of the Sun

Survey of the Sun

Documentation of the shadow cast by a vertical pole from a series of 12 points in a circle, once an hour, from dawn to dusk.

Survey of the Sun - Construction (Detail)

Survey of the Sun - Construction (Detail)

Because the height of the vertical pole casting the shadow is known, the position of the sun relative to that point can be projected for each hour. The construction is an intersection between a rotation at the human scale and a revolution at the planetary scale.