May 2015

Twelve Tweeters

A clock with roots that occasionally hoots. The time it can tell without even a bell. Ask it nicely and it will tell you precisely, but if no one’s around it won’t make a sound. A dozen on their perch won’t leave you in the lurch, the assembled dawn chorus will sing something forus. To make time a pleasure – a real treasure – not just something to measure.

To Tell The Time

Push the button – there are two parts to the time

1. For the first part, the birds stretch their necks to show the number of hours from 1 to 12. You can look out of the window to see if it’s morning or afternoon.
2. For the second part, each bird is responsible for 5 minutes, so for example, if the fifth bird sings that means twenty-five past.

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These penetrating observers are meant to peer at whoever is standing nearby. In 2014, everyone knows who Edward Snowden is and what he told us.

Can it see around corners?

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TXT ME

TXT ME receives SMS messages and displays them, one letter at a time, by raising arms with letters on the end. Our world is getting faster and faster, so this deliberately takes its time and slowly “reads out” your message. You have to concentrate or you will miss a letter. You will find it hard to avoid trying to guess what a word will be when only a few letters have been revealed. Patience is required, it will not be rushed. If no one sends any messages, after a while it reads out TEXT ME as an invitation.

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Popel is the German word for bogey. The only way to open the box is to exercise all of your your willpower and poke a pinky in the correct, hairy nostril.