And because it rained most of the time, we found artificial amusements.
Researchers at I.B.M. are devising samples of the kinds of amusements that Artificial Passenger could have in its repertory, he said, for instance, a game to hone the driver's ear for musical pitch.
For example, in 1912, Mangels was commissioned by the Joseph and Nicholas Schenck to design one of the earliest artificial wave-generating machines in the United States for Palisades Amusement Park (Fort Lee, New Jersey).
The beach has a long boardwalk and the historic Belmont Park amusement center, which opened in 1925 and offers artificial wave pools, along with an aging roller coaster and an indoor swimming pool.
So even as other employees are out and about in this Buena Park, Calif., amusement park in early November, pulling all of those artificial cobwebs to then make room for thousands of Christmas decorations (so that Knott's Scary Farm can then transformed into Knott's Merry Farm, Brookee will already be back at her drawing table.
Beth Robertson, an amusement-park industry spokesperson, describes waterparks as the "hottest artificial experience in the United States".
Then there's Tokyo's Rainbow Town, a 442-hectare, $31 billion artificial peninsula in Tokyo Bay filled with fantastically shaped but largely empty office buildings and amusement and retail spots served by a specialized mass- transit line that connects to no other rail line in Tokyo.
Another event was presented by the Disney Imagineers, who explored the science of special effects and amusement park technology, from roller coasters and fireworks to motion capture and artificial fog.
He describes his art as being "about artificial immersive environments, about escapism," themes spawned by his upbringing in suburban California, where amusement parks, shopping malls, and recreational drugs were pervasive.
Among its attractions are a five-acre water park, an ice-skating rink, an artificial saltwater lake with sea lions, an 18-hole miniature golf course, a 447,000-square foot amusement park and a casino.
This subseries also contains Mangels's plans for the artificial wave-generating machine that he designed for Palisades Amusement Park Fortt Lee, New Jersey), and pleasure railroads for the Ryan Amusement Company (Brooklyn, New York, Palisades Amusement Park Fort Lee, New Jerseyey), Point Breeze Amusement Park (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), and Willow Grove Park Willoww Grove, Pennsylvania).
