Under an artistic commission for the Robert Doisneau Lycée in Vaulx-en-Velin near Lyon (France), I have built produced 7 sundials on one of the main facades of the new building. These dials simultaneously give the solar times of several towns and cities at different longitudes and invite Lycée users to turn their thoughts to the "world beyond". This naturally led us to imagine an eighth dial on the Internet. The present site is the outline. Initially intended as a "support for the artistic project", this interactive dial can give the solar time of your locality (and others), provided you take two precautions: - with our Webcam check that the sun is present at that very moment in France over the Lyon region, - send us a few documents describing your chosen locality if it is not included in the list of towns and cities provided. This site includes the general description of the project, the interactive dial, a compendium of maxims, some links to other artistic or scientific sites and a link to the Lycée. 21 March 1999, Jean François Gavoty

Our sincere thanks to: * The Vaulx-en-Velin Lycée: Jacques Gardenne and Roland Bertillet, Dominique Abouaf, Gilles Teisseyre, Olivier Chaumette, Bruno Cornut, Thierry Collin, Michèle Mollard, Maria el Matribi, Jérome Mayer, students of VTH and Peysson and all those who kindly welcomed and helped us. * The Ecole Centrale de Lyon. * The translators of the maxims: Annia Kawiecki, Pierre Gros, Khaldoun Lahham, Gwo-Jiun, Marijke Bischop. * Production of the "Dilombre" video film: Jean-François Evrard. * Consultant: Sylvie Mariaux, Luc Mariaux, Roger Masson. * And Claire Peillod.

Production/editing team * Concept, copy writing: Jean-François Gavoty. * Production and programming: Fred Conté. * English translation: Edward Bridge. * Academic server manager: Sylvie Mariaux. * Server administration: Luc Mariaux. * Computing software for the dials: Stéphan Robin.