The idea is to take 720 pictures of clocks from all around the world. (With a clear focus on the actual clock part, not the building part) Each picture shows that clock at a specific minute of the day. Then I will fashion some sort of digital clock that shows an image of the clock with the appropriate time at each minute of the day, either using an lcd picture screen, or my screen saver.
This will obviously be quite a lot of work, so I would only try to do it if other people also think it is an interesting idea.
Then yeah, cool. Go for it. You could start a picture thread with a request to have posters send a photo of a famous (indigenous) clock. I’ve got one in mind for Milwaukee, Wi. The largest four sided clock in the world. Let me know when you want the pic.
Plus this city has dozens of high profile clocks scattered about. You could get a month’s worth of time out of this area. I’d be willing to do some legwork for an afternoon or two.
Do they need to be outdoor, public clocks? Because I have a few interesting ones in my home, and I’d be glad to photo them for you.
This sounds like a project that will be really easy to start with, getting progressively harder as you near the end. When all you have left is the clock on the Kremlin at 4:37am, you may have the urge to quit.
That’s an awesome idea. Make sure you get the Astronomical Clock in Prague, the Westminister Clock Tower in London (a/k/a “Big Ben,” yes I know that’s actually the bell), and the “Four Faced Liar” in Cork, Ireland.
Just thought I’d add:
The most famous clocks should be on the hours. With the most famous/favorite being noon. and then day hours followed by night hours. then your half hours, followed by your quarter/3-quarter hours.
Then you can move into filling up the other 56min/hour*24hours.
So to question, are there famous clocks that are ‘stuck’ at a certain time?
