Day 4; January 26, 2009; Cape Town, South Africa Dawn seemed to arrive too quickly, and while I was excited for the morning’s events, I awoke somewhat reluctantly to meet the day. Today was the New Moon, and also an Annular Eclipse of the Sun, which was partially visible from Cape Town. I had brought film with me to document this eclipse for a Light Recording installation I want to create. Having never recorded a solar eclipse before, I was eager to stand witness as the moon traversed in front of the sun, which it would do just after it had risen above the horizon. Thomas had arranged for me…read more »
Day 3; January 25, 2009; Cape Town, South Africa The morning started with a bit of a technological jam—my cell phone, which I use as my alarm, didn’t adjust to local South African time from Amsterdam, and was off by an hour. So, as I was just sitting down to breakfast and coffee at 8am thinking I had a nice leisurely hour to awaken to the day, Thomas walked in to fetch me. As it was in fact 9am, and we had to leave at once to pick up Alfons and head to SANAP for our gear fitting, I gulped down what I could in a few minutes, and off…read more »
