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8 | <h2>Pianola, Art and others</h2> |
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10 | <h3>Pianola</h3> |
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11 | <p>The technikum29 is quite versatile – beside all the communication |
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12 | and computer technology we also show very special exhibits: This is |
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13 | a fully executable pianola, year of manufacture about 1910-1915.</p> |
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14 | |
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15 | <p> |
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16 | It's a great experience see and hear such old jukeboxes, typically made |
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17 | only of natural materials like leather, gum, wood, bone glue, felt, metal, paper, |
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18 | ivory and glas. |
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19 | <br/>By assembling these elements on an intelligent way, one could |
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20 | build a simple mechanical machine which is especially impressive |
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21 | for today's people. Here at the technikum29, we will show you how |
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22 | this device works, we will explain the basic functionality and |
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23 | play challenging compositions. While having covers removed, you can |
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24 | even see the fascinating mechanics working.<br> |
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25 | <br><a class="go" href="/en/devices/functional-explanation-pianola.php/"><b>Functional explanation of the pianola</b></a></p> |
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26 | </p> |
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27 | |
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28 | <div class="box center"> |
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29 | <img src="/shared/photos/kommunikationstechnik/pianola.jpg" |
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30 | alt="Picture of the Pianola" width="700" height="618" class="nomargin-bottom" /> |
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31 | </div> |
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32 | |
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33 | <h3 id="music">PUNCHCARD-MUSIC</h3><br> |
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34 | |
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35 | <p>What an unusual sight: Our IBM 26 card punch as a rhythm machine next to a grand |
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36 | piano and other instruments. The sound of the IBM 26, carefully embedded into a |
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37 | concerto, yields to a never-heard-of listening experience. <br> |
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39 | The premiere of this setup was in May 2013 in Cologne. The pianist exchanged |
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40 | the piano's keyboard with that of the card punch - a new and strange sensation. |
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41 | More details about this performance, including pictures, additional information |
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42 | as well as a video clip, may be found at <a class="go" href="http://www.punchcardmusic.de/press.html"><b> punchcard-music</b> </a></p><br> |
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44 | <div "box clear-after"> |
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45 | <img src="/shared/photos/rechnertechnik/ross-moll.jpg" width="848" height="555" class="nomargin-bottom" /> |
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46 | <div class="bildtext"> |
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47 | <b>Punchcard-Music</b> Photo by Florian Ross</p> |
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48 | </div class="bildtext"> |
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49 | </div> |
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50 | |
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51 | <p>We actively support artists who need original (computing) equipment from days |
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52 | long gone for their creative endeavors. The machines in our collection are |
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53 | extremely well suited for a symbiosis of art and technology which yields new |
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54 | experiences in viewing and listening. |
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55 | |
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56 | </p> |
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62 | <h3 id="leander">Art in the Museum</h3> |
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63 | |
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64 | <p>The technikum29 motivates activities that get awards and prices. The latest |
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65 | example is that of the young artist Leander A. Schwarzer who transforms |
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66 | everyday things into pieces of art. He has developed pictures made from zippers |
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67 | that can be opened thus giving the viewer the opportunity to modify the picture |
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68 | itself.<br> |
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69 | His latest visit to the technikum29 has inspired him to make art from |
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70 | and with punch cards which were the basis of industrialization in the 20th |
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71 | century. First the "Terzett" (Trio) was created which consists of three punched |
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72 | cards with these irreversible sentences:</p> |
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73 | |
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74 | <div class="box left"> |
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75 | <img src="/shared/photos/start/lk.jpg" width="250" height="350" class="nomargin-bottom" /> |
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76 | <p class="Bildtext small">Picture 1: 3 punch cards with text</p></div> |
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77 | |
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78 | ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE<br> |
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79 | IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING<br> |
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80 | IMAGINE ALL THE PEOPLE<br> |
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81 | <div class="box right"> |
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82 | <img src="/shared/photos/start/leander.jpg" alt="Leander Schwarzer" width="313" height="239" class="nomargin-bottom" /> |
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83 | <p class="Bildtext small">Picture 2: Leander A. Schwarzer punching cards on an IBM key punch</p> |
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84 | |
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85 | </div> |
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86 | |
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87 | <p>These cards were hanged on a wall at a distance of 1-2 cm. During the day sun |
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88 | rays create shadows of the punched and coded text on the wall behind the cards. |
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89 | This work of art was awarded a price at the 32th grafics competition in Austria |
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90 | (Innsbruck, 2011). This in turn motivated Mr. Schwarzer to continue his work |
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91 | with punched cards. He spent several days at the technikum29 punching excerpts |
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92 | from Marx' "Capital" thereby creating a pile of several hundred cards. These |
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93 | were shown in the exhibition "A Symbol of Freedom" in Piacenza (Italy). Punched |
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94 | cards transform contemporary slogans into visual paradoxes when they create |
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95 | their unique shadows.</p> |
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96 | <div class="box left"> |
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97 | <img src="/shared/photos/start/lk-musik.jpg" alt="Musik aus Lochkarten" width="336" height="188" class="nomargin-bottom" /> |
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98 | <p class="Bildtext small">Picture 3: Punched cards running through a "musical clock"</p> |
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99 | </div> |
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101 | <p>Another work, "Fetish Character of commodities", concatenates the cards |
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102 | containing Marx' text fragments. This string of cards is then pulled through a |
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103 | mechanism like a musical clock that generates sounds controlled by the holes in |
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104 | the cards. So, finally, the "Capital" is transformed into atmospheric sounds.</p><br> |
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109 | <h3>Movie projector "Dresden 1"</h3> |
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110 | |
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111 | <div class="box left clear-after"> |
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112 | <img src="/shared/photos/kommunikationstechnik/kinomaschine.dresden1.jpg" |
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113 | alt="Photography of the movie projector Dresden 1" width="350" height="630" /> |
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115 | <div class="bildtext"> |
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116 | <p>The technikum29 has a movie projector from 1951 (there are |
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117 | more and even older projectors from the 1930s that are stored in the |
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118 | archive for lack of space).</p> |
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119 | <p> |
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120 | Movie projectors have always been very complex devices. At that time, |
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121 | the bright picture projection was archived with an arc light which was |
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122 | generated between two carbon pencils. The waste heat was deflected via a |
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123 | chimney pipe! <!-- stupid mode... --> |
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124 | Since the pencils got shorter and shorter while the movie went on, they |
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125 | had to be moved continously closer together for producing a constant |
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126 | luminosity. Otherwise the light goes out. |
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127 | <br/>We will repair this device to show an original newsreel from the 1960s. |
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128 | </p> |
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129 | </div> |
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130 | </div> |
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