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Dedication and operation



Night view of south tower (flank view)
[edit]Unveiling
Construction of the video sculpture was completed for testing without the fountain\'s water features on May 18, 2004.[31]Cyber MondayOriginally, Plensa had planned to have each face appear for 13 minutes,[19] and this continued to be the targeted duration when the testing of the sculpture occurred.[31] Eventually, professors at the School ofCyber Mondaythe Art Institute of Chicago convinced him to use only five-minute videos.[19]
Plensa\'s design of Crown Fountain was unveiled to the public on July 16–18, during the 2004 grand opening celebrations forCyber MondayMillennium Park,[46] which was sponsored by J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.[47] At the time of the unveiling, Crown Fountain, like the nearby Cloud Gate, was incomplete because only 300 of the videos had been refined forCyber Mondaypublic display.[48] It was officially dedicated on July 24, 2004 as part of a special private fundraising party that raised $3 million for the Millennium Park Conservancy fund.[49][50]
[edit]Operation
TheCyber Mondaycontrol center for the synchronization of images, water flow, and lighting color and intensity is beneath one of the towers, in a room that covers 550 square feet (51 m2). The room houses high-definition videoCyber Mondayservers and equipment temperature sensors. Hard drives contain all the individual electronic computer files of the face videos. Generally, the computer programs automatically perform tasks such as determiningCyber Mondaywhen the face will pucker and, if weather conditions permit, when to turn the water on and off. Using low- rather than high-resolution images was both less expensive and created a better display for the averageCyber Mondayviewer.[2] A Barco show controller selects the sequence of faces one at a time and determines a random tower lighting selection of one of eight LED colors programmed into an Electronic Theatre Controls (ETC)Cyber MondayEmphasis control system.[3] At night, the ETC system controls spotlights that illuminate the cascading water and that are dimmed by special wet-use location ground fault circuit interrupters.[3] The control roomCyber Mondaycovers an area equal to 26 parking spaces in the underground parking garage, which costs the city $100,000 annually in terms of the opportunity cost of lost revenue (in 2004 dollars).[25]
[edit]VideoCyber Mondaysculpture
The front face of each tower is animated with a continuous, dynamic exhibit of lights and electronic images.[1] Although the LED screens on the towers periodically display clips of landscapes such asCyber Mondaywaterfalls, most intriguing are the display of faces of Chicago residents. About 1,000 faces of Chicagoans are shown in a random rotation,[2] the order determined using a Barco show controller.[3] Each face isCyber Mondaydisplayed for five minutes, with a brief period between each of these videos during which the sculpture is unlit. As a result, no more than 12 faces appear per hour during the summer. However, during the winter aCyber Mondayversion without the final one minute of puckering is shown, so the video segments then are only four minutes each.[10][19] The video pattern also includes a three-minute water scene every half-hour and aCyber Monday30-second fade-to-black every 15 minutes. If all the faces were shown consecutively, instead of randomly, they would each appear about once every eight days.[10] A June 2007 article in the Chicago Sun-TimesCyber Mondayreported that many of the subjects who had their images digitized for the project had yet to either see their own images or hear of anyone who had seen them.[10]


Every 15 minutes the LEDs fade to black andCyber Mondaythere is a brief pause between individual videos.
The spouting water from the faces of the towers appears to be flowing from the displayed subject\'s mouth from a 6-inch (150 mm) nozzle located in the center ofCyber Mondayeach interior face 12 feet (3.7 m) above the reflecting pool.[19] Images are shown daily year-round, while the water feature only operates from May 1 to approximately October 31,[4] weather permitting.[32] TheCyber Mondaypark is open to the public daily from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.[51]
Each tower is illuminated from within on three sides by approximately 70 color-changing Color Kinetics LED lighting fixtures per tower, while theCyber Mondayfourth side features opposing Barco LED display screens. At night, some of the videos are replaced by images of nature or solid colors.[3] Also at night, the other three sides of the fountain display changingCyber Mondaycolors.[40] The outer Color Kinetics surfaces randomly display the translucent glow of one of eight colors along with each of the inner opposing faces.[3] As a video sculpture with a variety of cascade and waterCyber Mondayspout fountain modes, the sculpture is a fluid, dynamic evolving artwork.[29]
[edit]Fountain

The drainage system for the water shooting into the reflecting pool uses end-to-end drainage slits in lieu ofCyber Mondaycentral drains.

The cascading water falls towards grating.
Crown Fountain has both slits and a grate for drainage (pictured above right) to drain the 11,520 US gal (43,608 l; 9,592 imp gal) of water perCyber Mondayminute.[52] When the videos are not on the front of the tower, water cascades down each of the facades. The water is filtered, pumped and recirculated through the fountain. Dual pump rooms below each tower drawCyber Mondaywater from a reservoir beneath the reflecting pool. There are 12 mechanical pumps that are regulated from a control room in the underground parking garage beneath the south tower of the fountain.[41][53] The

Cyber Monday

Cyber ​​Monday is the Monday market days immediately following Black Friday, the Friday following Thanksgiving in the United StatesCyber Mondaycreated by the company to persuade people to shop online. Words that have been released on November 28, 2005 Shop.org press conference onCyber Monday\"\'Cyber. Monday \'is rapidly becoming one of the biggest online shopping day of the year. \" [1] According to the Shop.org / researchCyber Mondaystudies and November 2005 eHoliday mood € \"77 percent of online retailers said their sales increased substantially in recent years onCyber MondayMonday after Thanksgiving tends to drive off. seriously, and online promotions on Cyber ​​Monday (2005) \"In the year 2006 Shop.orgCyber Mondayannounced [2] to launch Cyber ​​Monday.com. The portal is a one-stop shop for deals on Cyber ​​Monday in 2010, [3] comScoreCyber Mondayreported that consumers spent $ 1028M online on Cyber ​​Monday (excluding travel, 2009: $ 887M), day spending, the highest of theCyber Mondayyear 2010 Cyber ​​Monday has become a marketing term used by the online retailer in Canada, the United Kingdom, Portugal, Germany,Cyber MondayNew Zealand and Chile.

Origin of the period.

The term \"Cyber. Monday \"is a new doctrine invented by Shop.org, part of a U.S.Cyber Mondaytrade association National Retail Federation. [4] It was first used in commerce within the community during the holiday season in 2005 byCyber MondayScott Silverman of Shop.org is in the Constitution is based on research showing that 78% of the store. Online retailers have reported aCyber Mondaysignificant increase in sales on Monday after Thanksgiving in 2004. [5] In late November 2005, the New York Times reported that \"grewCyber Mondayout of a Cyber ​​Monday. noted that millions of Americans live to work, otherwise the production closed on Thanksgiving weekend ofCyber Mondaywindow shopping has returned to high-speed Internet connection at work on Monday and buy something. they like. \"

USA

In 2006Cyber MondaycomScore reported that online spending on Cyber ​​Monday increased 25% to $ 608 million, [7] 21% to $ 733 million in 2007 [8] and 15%Cyber Mondayto $ 846 million in 2008. [9].
In 2009, comScore reported that online spending increased 5 percent in Cyber ​​Monday to $ 887Cyber Mondaymillion and more than half of the dollars spent online at the site of the United States come from computers in the workplace (per cent ofCyber Monday52.7. ), representing a gain score of 2.3 from the previous year [10] from the home of most of the remaining shares (of 41.6), whileCyber Mondaybuying from international locations, representing 5.8 by the Chairman. comScore Gian Fulgoni \"comScore data show that online sales forCyber MondayCyber ​​Monday has always been driven by the activity of buying a lot of work places. Format has not changed. After returning from aCyber Mondayweek-long Thanksgiving with lots of shopping and still ahead of them, as many consumers are still likely to be shopping at their holidayCyber Mondayexpenses. equal work.[10].
In 2010, comScore reports a day of shopping online first-ever $ 1 billion ($ 1028M), up from 16 per cent moreCyber Mondaythan in 2009. [11].

Canada

National Post featured article in the November 25, 2010 indicating that the parity of their currencyCyber Mondayagainst the U.S. dollar is the cause of many Canadian retailers have sales on Black Friday and Cyber ​​Mon their own. According to anCyber Mondayarticle that about 80% of Canadians are expected to contribute to on Black Friday and Cyber ​​Monday sales. [12], speculation hasCyber Mondaybeen made with all major U.S. television broadcast that is often used in Canada. Especially Black Friday and Cyber. On sale Monday forCyber Mondayshops that also do business in Canada, Canadian retailers are required to replicate the service in order to sell Canadian dollars ofCyber Mondayspending in the United States. [12].

Britain, Germany and Europe.

Cyber ​​Monday is also used as a market in the UnitedCyber MondayKingdom, Germany, Portugal and France.
The Guardian UK online retailers are now referred to as \"Cyber. Monday \"was the busiest day ofCyber Mondaythe year of Internet shopping, which often falls on the same day that the U.S. Cyber ​​Monday. [13].
Amazon.de Cyber ​​MondayCyber Mondayannounced that it will take to Germany in 2010. [14].
In Portugal in the Cyber ​​Monday was first used in 2009. [15].
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