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Visiting the Observatory
Yiyi | 17 pages | 2019-2021 | 210×297mm
published on 私人体验：SC漫画特辑, Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, Changsha 2024: 405-421.
Visiting the Observatory is set at the Janta Manta Observatory in Jaipur, India, where the memory of being attacked by a monkey in the mountains before arriving at the observatory merges with the journey ahead.
Samrat and Jai Prakash are two of my favourite instruments among the others. Samrat Yantra, literally meaning “King of Instruments”, is a huge 90-foot-tall sundial with a right-angled wall in the middle that can be stepped up to serve as a gnomon, allowing the time to be read off by the shadows on the quadrants on either side. Jai Prakash’s visual representation of the sun’s motion makes it an ideal instrument for demonstrating the “Spherical Theory”. Under the intense tropical sunlight, these instruments manifest pure geometric beauty and strong interplays of light and shadow.
The timekeeping instrument made otherwise invisible time visible, and I am about to ascend, commencing my journey of pursuit.
造访天文台
一一 | 17页 | 2019-2021 | 210×297mm
收录于《私人体验：SC漫画特辑》，湖南美术出版社，长沙 2024: 405-421.
《造访天文台》的故事背景是印度斋普尔的简塔·曼塔天文台，到达前在山上被猴子袭击了，以致记忆里两者交织在了一起。
Samrat和Jai Prakash是其中我最着迷的两座仪器。Samrat Yantra的字面意思是“仪器之王”，他是一座90英尺高的巨大日晷，中间可拾级而上的直角墙体是指针，经由两侧象限仪上的阴影可读取时间。Jai Prakash以视觉的方式呈现太阳运动，是演示“球体学说”的理想仪器。在热带强烈的日光照射下，这些仪器呈现出纯粹的几何形式美和浓烈的明暗关系。
计时仪器使原本无形的时间可见，我即将登上它开始追寻之旅。
Yiyi | 17 pages | 2019-2021 | 210×297mm
published on 私人体验：SC漫画特辑, Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, Changsha 2024: 405-421.
Visiting the Observatory is set at the Janta Manta Observatory in Jaipur, India, where the memory of being attacked by a monkey in the mountains before arriving at the observatory merges with the journey ahead.
Samrat and Jai Prakash are two of my favourite instruments among the others. Samrat Yantra, literally meaning “King of Instruments”, is a huge 90-foot-tall sundial with a right-angled wall in the middle that can be stepped up to serve as a gnomon, allowing the time to be read off by the shadows on the quadrants on either side. Jai Prakash’s visual representation of the sun’s motion makes it an ideal instrument for demonstrating the “Spherical Theory”. Under the intense tropical sunlight, these instruments manifest pure geometric beauty and strong interplays of light and shadow.
The timekeeping instrument made otherwise invisible time visible, and I am about to ascend, commencing my journey of pursuit.
造访天文台
一一 | 17页 | 2019-2021 | 210×297mm
收录于《私人体验：SC漫画特辑》，湖南美术出版社，长沙 2024: 405-421.
《造访天文台》的故事背景是印度斋普尔的简塔·曼塔天文台，到达前在山上被猴子袭击了，以致记忆里两者交织在了一起。
Samrat和Jai Prakash是其中我最着迷的两座仪器。Samrat Yantra的字面意思是“仪器之王”，他是一座90英尺高的巨大日晷，中间可拾级而上的直角墙体是指针，经由两侧象限仪上的阴影可读取时间。Jai Prakash以视觉的方式呈现太阳运动，是演示“球体学说”的理想仪器。在热带强烈的日光照射下，这些仪器呈现出纯粹的几何形式美和浓烈的明暗关系。
计时仪器使原本无形的时间可见，我即将登上它开始追寻之旅。