ILAP: The Mayer Dossier (Part 1)
Exhibition in the foyer of the Saalbau Neukölln
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A Meridian In Neukölln
The Mayer Method |
Mayer has developed his own measuring instruments for carrying out his measurements. For example, he captures sound waves with specific aerials and receivers and then records them with a homemade instrument. Mayer creates all his instruments alone. All kinds of differently formed aerials and many parts of the switches are already patented or have patents pending.
The measurements are carried out in three phases. The first phase involves the precise determination of the location of the sounds and waves. Then Mayer conducts his measurements at the equivalent locations.
The measuring data are graphically notated to achieve a clear layout and ease of comparability. However, in this way the possibility arises of unintentional mistakes in the results. Since the measuring data gives no evidence of the precision of the work, the meaningfulness of some of the results can be difficult to comprehend. There are several quality criteria - such as correctness, completeness, relevance, consistency and coherence - whose individual meaning yet depend on the context and use of the data.
A further disadvantage of the method is that the coordinates can change, both temporally (through the movement of the stars) and spatially (through the position of the viewer).
Mayer's interest focuses on the anomalies in the line of measurements, because he believes that only these will bring new conclusions. Therefore the anomalies are transmitted by an instrumental translation system without any human interference.
He specifically works on the coherence and visualisation of his scientific conclusions in regard to the amateur. For this reason, the third step is the most important.
The measurements are evaluated and graphically presented and are connected - via another instrument - on site in his laboratory, whereby the temporal and spatial incoherence is corrected. This correction is of great necessity because the pieces of data are not recorded in sequence and cannot be related singularly. But by connecting every single result the problem of incoherence is solved. Finally, each piece of data is transformed by the Bolo-measuring device. The measuring data are coded by the sequence of the alphabet, whose structure follows a strict rule of syntax. Only in this context does the data become valuable information.
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13th May 1991: Sound measuring with the pipe from Schmiedigenpfad. Through similar means Mayer built his first wave receiver in his laboratory. |
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16th June 2004: Sound point 6. In the area of the former cable factory Rheydt, twelve mounds are visible where waves have broken up through the asphalt. These are directly situated on the meridian. It is not clear when or how the breakouts occurred. |
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Sound point 2: Stadtkrankenhaus Neukölln: The background waves were of such intensity that Mayer was forced to carry out his measurements 8 metres below ground. |
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22nd September 2004: Norbert Mayer next to the entrance of subterranean research point 3, in “Frisch on Friedensgarten”. |
Pictures: ILAP