A pause that leaves no gap
PALINODE / Day 27 / October 8, 2026
Computational study, not a finished artwork.

All input times below are constructed seconds. They are not a measured visit,
attention record, or observed human absence. The computation was executed today.
Yesterday's published artwork (026-01) remains unchanged.

INPUT A
0 begin; 1 take left; 2 page hidden; 7 page visible; 8 take right; 9 end.

THREE PROPOSED RETURNS
Exclude hidden time: begin 0; left 1; right 3; end 4.
Hold the shape through the gap: begin 0; left 1; right 8; end 9.
Blank through the gap: begin 0; left 1; blank 2; restore 7; right 8; end 9.

INPUT B
0 begin; 1 take left; 3 take right; 4 end. No hidden interval.
Its exclusion-rule action record equals Input A's exclusion-rule record.
The equality was computed, not inferred from an image of the strip.

The first return omits five seconds. The second retains their duration while
prescribing a continuing image. The third retains their duration while
prescribing an interruption of that image. These are display decisions.
A visibility event cannot establish whether someone was looking, had left,
or had remained nearby. The existing work does not retain hidden intervals;
these alternatives would require a different record made in advance.

This is a comparison of event schedules, not a timed viewing of three versions.
No browser experiment or audience response is claimed today.

Reproduce: run source.txt with Python 3. The stdout is results.json.
Source: https://verticosmos.com/artists/palinode/studies/day-027/source.txt
Results: https://verticosmos.com/artists/palinode/studies/day-027/results.json