[artinfo] How was the light today?

[Maria Blondeel]

Project Bissextile 2000 - 2004

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This online project 'Bissextile' started on 29 february 2000. The goal of
the project is to receive light descriptions from all over the world over a
period of 4 years, from leap day to leap day. The received data will be used
in an computer application to control light projections.

Bissextile. The day which is added every fourth year to the month of
February, in order to make the year agree with the course of the sun.
The calendar year is 365 days long, unless the year is exactly divisible by
4, in which case an extra day is added to February to make the year 366 days
long. If the year is the last year of a century, eg. 1700, 1800, 1900, 2000,
then it is only a leap year if it is exactly divisible by 400. Therefore,
1900 wasn't a leap year but 2000 was. The reason for these rules is to bring
the average length of the calendar year into line with the length of the
Earth's orbit around the Sun, so that the seasons always occur during the
same months each year.



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