THAT SPACE IS MADE OF TIME I.

installation of three works for Taking Place, Dresden University of Fine Arts, July 14-23, 2023.

The installation presents the inside space as a temporal vacuum where time can pass in different ways. This notion is exemplified in the 6-channel sound installation, where subtle tones adapt to the rhythm of artificially set time and enhance the perception of the empty space in its temporal dimension. As time arises in the experience of duration, the sound work is played in different durations throughout the course of the exhibition.

Like in cinematic narratives, time becomes contracted and expanded through the sound of an irregularly ticking clock. Its apparent source is a sundial out of function. Instead of a usual dial plate, the condition ‘This space is just a moment in your time’ is cut in sandstone.

In the same space and precisely a year ago, the exact same curtain was part of the previous installation ‘Where Something is, was, or is to be’. The curtain divides interior space from exterior phenomena, showing us the flow of time, whereby it emphasises the impossibility of measuring time with the sundial. As a modern construct, time is passing in regular hours. Daily times structure our perspective on the world, although the sun’s apparent motion is irregular.