Location: Clayport Library
A projection telling the time using words
Turning back the clock to a time before digital, Helvetictoc reminds us of an era before the smartphone when time was often expressed in more conversational terms. Reading the time in words, rather than from a clock face, activates different parts of the brain and forces us to pause and respond to time differently. The relative imprecision of the projected sentences in this artwork are reminiscent of the almost abandoned act of asking a stranger for the time. Helvetictoc has been a permanent artwork in Millennium Place since Lumiere 2013.
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Image credit: Helvetictoc, Tobie Langel, Lumiere Durham 2013. Produced by Artichoke. Photo by Matthew Andrews
SUPPORTED BY
Banks Community Fund and The Landfill Communities Fund as part of Lumiere Durham 2013