Time is a fluid construct

Written By Tesha Malott

Sara Morawetz
Time is a fluid construct
5 May - 28 May, 2016

A collection of grey pages, photos and notes on a long, dark grey wall. On the floor in the center, 2 marked white squares intersecting at the corners. A stand holding 2 gold cymbals in one square, a page with text in the other.

Time is a fluid construct, 2016, Installation shot. Photography by Document Photography.

ID: There are a plethora of images and notes hung in an abstract form across a long black wall. In front there are a set of gold cymbals placed on a stand, with two white marked squares on the floor under it.

 

Artist Statement

Time is a Fluid Construct seeks to examine the philosophical limits of time as a standard measure through a manipulation of the underlying axioms upon which time itself is set. Documenting a pair of performative investigations, this exhibition considers how concepts of time both manifest and dissipate in the face of subversion. The two presented works, How the Stars Stand and 61/60, seek to dispute the assumed universality of time, through various representations of temporal experience as observed on Mars and in the presence of ‘leap’ seconds. In doing so Time is a Fluid Construct asks us to contemplate what do we measure when we measure time?

This work was made in consultation with Dr. Michael Allison of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) and and Dr. Darren Engwirda of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

 
Center, stand with gold cymbals on marked squares. Black vinyl on the wall behind with text. Back wall, many small vertical wood planks arranged in pattern on the wall. Right, pages, notes and images on dark grey wall.

Time is a fluid construct, 2016, Installation shot. Photography by Document Photography.

ID: There is a pair of gold cymbals on a stand in the middle of the room, with two white marked squares on the floor below it. Behind, there is a white cornered wall that has a black dotted line down the centre, with the black text ‘Tomorrow & Today’ on the left and ‘Today & Yesterday’ on the right. On the far back wall, there is a cascade of wooden panels across a white wall. On the right, there are a plethora of images and notes hung in an abstract form across a long black wall.

 
White wall split into two by irregular dotted black line down the center. All capital black text on either side. On the wall to the left, 2 phones hung low on the wall, plugged into an extension board on the floor.

Time is a fluid construct, 2016, Installation shot. Photography by Document Photography.

ID: There is a white cornered wall that has a black dotted line down the centre, with the black text ‘Tomorrow & Today’ on the left and ‘Today & Yesterday’ on the right.

 
Left to right. White wall with black text and dotted line. 2 pages of white paper with black text hung on the wall. Wall with many vertical wood planks. Many notes and photos arranged on a dark grey wall.

Time is a fluid construct, 2016, Installation shot. Photography by Document Photography.

ID: There is a white cornered wall that has a black dotted line down the centre on the left, with the black text ‘Tomorrow & Today’ on the left and ‘Today & Yesterday’ on the right. On the far back wall, there is a cascade of wooden panels across a white wall. On the right, there are a plethora of images and notes hung in an abstract form across a long black wall.

 
Clusters of photos, drawings and notes hung on a dark grey wall. To the right, a video monitor on the wall. In the center, on the floor, 2 marked squares and a stand holding gold cymbals.

Time is a fluid construct, 2016, Installation shot. Photography by Document Photography.

ID: There are a plethora of images and notes hung in an abstract form across a long black wall. In front there are a set of gold cymbals placed on a stand, with two white marked squares on the floor under it. To the right, there is a television that has a person walking down a street on it.

 

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