This is the 2022 annual survey of time-focused art, which on this occasion has been curated by Antonella Sbrilli and Laura Leuzzi. Published in the International Society for the Study of Time's "Time's News" annual magazine, this year's survey features works by Claudia Corrent, Ani Liu, Niya B., Lahav Halevy, Anna Ridler, Katie Paterson and Beeple

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Sbrilli, Antonella

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SBRILLI, A. and LEUZZI, L. 2022. Visualizing time: a recent survey of time-focused art. Time's news [online], 53, pages 20-30. Available from: https://studyoftime.org/publications/times-news/     © in the publication belongs to ISST, all rights reserved. © in the images belongs to the respective artists, all rights reserved. This document was downloaded from https://openair.rgu.ac.uk Visualizing time: a recent survey of time-focused art. SBRILLI, A. and LEUZZI, L. 2022 No.	532022	1	 5	PRESIDENT'S	MESSAGERaji	Steineck6THE	COUNCIL		12ARCHIVEISST	Aperiodic	Newsletter,	198714SPOTLIGHTStephanie	NelsonWalter	SchweidlerRosemary	HuismanMichael	FlahertyArkadiusz	MisztalSonia	FrontJo	Alyson	ParkerBob	FrishmanHelen	SillsMarc	WittmannElizabetha	Levin20VISUALIZING	TIMELaura	Leuzzi	&	Antonella	Sbrilli32BOOK	REVIEWWalter	SchweidlerCONTENTS34AN	END	OF	CLO UREJohn reamas36THE	GR AT	CLOCK	OFSTRASBOURGFrederick	Turner38IMAGE-MAKER	IN	RESIDENCEEmily	DiCarlo41YOU	HAVE	TO DIG	IT	TO	DIG	ITSusan	G ace	BanyasDavid	Ornette	Cherry,	We	Hear	Too	Fast,	2014paint	and	music	scores,	syncopated	conversations	transposed	by	DeJe	WatsonCOURTESY	SUSAN	GRACE	BANYAS	&	CHERRY	EXTRACT	MUSICINNER	FRONT/BACK	COVER:Claudia	Corrent,	Neanche	il	futuro	purtroppo	è	più	quello	di	una	volta,	2020digital	xerographyCOURTESY	ARTIST	2	....................................................................................................................................................................................................23FULL	BLEEDIMAGE	3	ISST	COUNCILOFFICERSPresidentVice-PresidentTreasurer	Executive	SecretaryManaging	Editor,KronoScopeCommunicationsSenior	EditorThe	Study	of	Time,Volume	XVIIImmediate	PastPresidentRaji	SteineckJo	Alyson	ParkerCarol	FischerDaniela	TanDennis	CostaEmily	DiCarloArkadiusz	MisztalPaul	HarrisSonia	FrontWalter	Schw idlerAT-LARGE	 OUNCIL	www.studyoftime.orgmembership@studyoftime.org@InternationalSocietyfortheStudyofTime@StudyofTime©	2023	by	Time's	News,	Inc.	All	Rights	Reserved.	Reproduction	in	whole	or	in	part	without	permission	isprohibited.	Printed	in	Canada	through	Blurb	Publishing.R bert	DanielStephanie	NelsonEve	IshamMAGAZINE	COVER/BACK:Katie	Pater on,	Endling,	2021mixed	media	in	100	pigments	groundfrom	the	pre-solar	dust	of	5	billionyears	ago	to	the	ginkgo	trees	ofHibakujumoku	series	of	10	with	2APs.	This	is	editio 	1	of	10.	119.7	x90	cm	(paper)PHOTO	JOHN	MCKENZIECOURTESY	ARTIST	&	INGLEBY,EDINBURGHABOVE	&	LEFT:Katie	Paterson,	Requiem,	2022glass	urn,	370	hand-made	vials,powdered	matter.	PHOTO	JOHN	MCKENZIECOURTESY	ARTIST	&	INGLEBY,EDINBURGHCONNECT		20	VISUALIZING	TIMEA	RECENT	SURVEY	OF	TIME-FOCUSED	ARTCURATED	BY	ANTONELLA	SBRILLI	&	LAURA	LEUZZI	21	 CLAUDIA	CORRENTThe	future	is	not	unfortunately	what	it	used	to	be"Each	photograph	is	a	Memento	Mori	and	taking	photographs	means	participatingin	vulnerability	and	mortality,	isolating	a	moment	and	attesting	to	man's	inexorablefinitude.	 It	 is	 in	 this	mad	attempt	 that	 something	magical	 resides,	which	maintainscharacteristics	 of	 mystery,	 which	 appears	 as	 a	 parousia,	 in	 its	 manifestation	 in	 analmost	 sacred	 way	 and	 in	 recalling	 its	 meaning	 elsewhere.	 These	 archival	 images,processed	and	acquired	with	a	scanner	and	with	an	application,	try	to	represent	theflow	 of	 time.	 They	 are	 family	 images	 found	 in	 an	 archive	 that	 was	 given	 to	 me,which	through	a	movement	of	the	scanner	acquire	new	forms	in	which	a	completelynew	image	is	created.The	portraits	and	the	surrounding	landscape	are	transformed,the	faces	become	fluid,	in	flux.	The	image	acquires	further	meanings	by	sharing	theidea	that	an	image	only	shows	a	part	of	reality,	and	that	in	the	end	one	must	alwaysdoubt	photographs."		—	Claudia	CorrentLEFT	&ABOVE:	Neanche	il	futuropurtroppo	è	più	quello	diuna	volta,	2020digital	xerographyCOURTESY	ARTIST	22	 ANI	LIUUntitled	(Labor	of	Love)"A	data	 portrait	 recording	 every	 feed	 and	diaper	 change	 for	 the	 first	 30	days	 aftergiving	birth.	In	this	portrait,	each	vial	marks	30	minutes	of	time.	From	top	to	bottommarks	the	24	hours	of	a	day.	From	left	 to	right,	 the	first	30	days	postpartum.	Eachvial	is	filled	with	breast	milk,	formula	or	diaper	fragments	to	mark	a	feed	or	a	diaperchange.	"	—	Ani	LiuUntitled	(Labor	of	Love),	2022original	diagram	of	thepostpartum	dataPHOTO	D	PETERSCHIDTCOURTESY	ARTISTABOVE	&	BOTTOMRIGHT:Installation	details:	breast	milk,diaper	hydrogel,	diaper	cotton,glass,	acrylic152.4	x	60.96	x	12.7	cmPHOTO	ANI	LIUCOURTESY	ARTIST	23		24	 NIYA	B912	"912	is	a	Virtual	Reality	(VR)	video	experience	based	on	participatory	performanceof	trans	and	non-binary	people	dealing	with	the	opposing	life	forces	of	waiting	andcarrying	on,	within	the	life-cycle	of	a	day	as	a	recurring	unit.	The	starting	point	isthe	 waiting	 time	 required	 for	 an	 appointment	 at	 the	 Gender	 Identity	 Clinics(GIC).	 912	 refers	 to	 the	 number	 of	 days	 Niya	 had	 to	 wait	 for	 her	 firstappointment.	 The	 waiting	 lists	 at	 GICs	 across	 the	 UK	 are	 getting	 longer,	 withtimes	 for	 a	 first	 appointment	 estimated	 between	 three	 to	 over	 four	 years.	 912departs	 from	 a	 specific	 trans	 lived	 experience	 to	 expand	 and	 relate	 to	 the	widerpublic	 through	 exploring	 conditions	 of	 waiting,	 frustration,	 hope,	 resilience	 andcommunity	support.	The	project	consists	of	three	parts,	each	corresponding	to	1/3of	912	cycles,	documented	with	a	360o	camera.	Niya	engaged	with	communities	oftrans	and	non-binary	people	in	Birmingham	and	London	through	workshops	andparticipatory	performance	acts."	—Niya	B	912,	2022	360	VR	video	still,	10	min.experienced	through	headset	TOP	RIGHT:	912,	2022promotional	imageBOTTOM	RIGHT:912,	2022detail	from	video	projectionwith	sound,	Part	1	of	912performance,	1-304	cycles,London,	2022.	Reframed	andexported	as	a	flat	screen	videofrom	360	footage.	Playing	onloop.PHOTO	MANUEL	VASONCOURTESY	ARTIST	25		26	 LAHAV	HALEVYTime	Frame"We	will	 rethink,	 and	we	will	 become	 better.	 I	 teach	my	 kids	 that	when	 strongwinds	blow,	you	have	 to	bend	and	wait	 till	 it’s	gone.	That’s	where	we’re	at	now,strong	winds	outside.	Stay	home,	draw,	write,	cook,	lie	in	bed	watch	the	ceiling	forhours,	 it	 might	 bring	 some	 amazing	 thoughts	 into	 you.	Who	 knows.	 The	mostarrogant,	dangerous	thing	about	us	is	the	belief	that	we	know	everything."	—	Lahav	Halevy,	Berlin	Design	Digest,	March	20,	2020Time	Frame,	2022text	on	poster	paperCOURTESY	ANTONELLASBRILLI	&	LAURALEUZZI	27	 ANNA	RIDLERCircadian	Bloom"Circadian	Bloom	is	a	screen-based	visual	clock	that	tells	the	time	through	flowers.Inspired	by	Carl	Linneas’s	concept	of	a	flower	clock,	a	planted	garden	that	would	tellthe	time	through	the	circadian	rhythms	of	plants,	this	piece	shows	flowers	that	havethis	quality	of	being	able	to	keep	time,	blooming	at	the	appropriate	point	of	the	day.Constructed	using	a	series	of	complex	algorithms	and	working	with	a	machine	thatcan	 keep	 time	 to	 an	 atomic	 level,	 visually	 it	 obscures	 this	 accuracy	 and	 forces	 theviewer	to	contemplate	other,	non-human	ways	of	telling	time	and	how	conceptuallyhow	time	works."	—	Anna	Ridler	Circadian	Bloom,	2022	installation	of	real-timeGAN	generated	imageryPHOTO	ANNA	RIDLERCOURTESY	ARTIST	28	ABOVE	&	BOTTOM	RIGHT:Requiem,	2022glass	urn,	370	hand-made	vials,powdered	matterTOP	LEFT:	IDEAS	(An	urn	build	to	housethe	ashes	of	future	earth),	2021Micro-waterjet-cut	SterlingSilver.	Edition	of	310.8	x	24	x	0.3	cmPHOTO	JOHN	MCKENZIECOURTESY	ARTIST	&INGLEBY,	EDINBURGHKATIE	PATERSONRequiem"A	new	exhibition	by	Katie	Paterson	that	 tells	 the	birth	and	 life	of	our	planet	 in	asingle	object	–	an	object	that	uses	dust	gathered	from	material	dating	from	pre-solartimes	tothose	of	the	present	–	is	to	go	on	display	for	the	first	time	at	Ingleby	Gallery,this	spring.	In	the	centre	of	the	gallery	(a	simple,	light-filled	cube	some	eleven	metressquare)	will	 stand	a	 single	plinth.	On	 it,	will	 sit	 a	 large	 jar,	 a	glass	urn,	 the	ancientform	of	funerary	vessel.	Around	the	walls	a	long	shelf	will	hold	a	series	of	small	vials,370	of	them	in	all,	each	containing	a	tablespoon	of	dust,	21g	of	powdered	matter	–the	posited	weight	of	human	soul	–	each	one	a	 layer	of	 time	waiting	to	be	poured,into	the	urn.	The	dust	has	been	obtained	through	collaboration	with	institutions	andcollections	worldwide,	including	the	European	Space	Agency,	the	Danish	GeologicalSurvey,	Washington	DC,	and	the	British	Antarctic	Survey.	Collectively,	the	vials	mapthe	story	of	the	earth	from	before	its	existence	to	the	present	day,	and	offer	a	lamentfor	the	planet,	a	warning,	a	requiem	on	the	theme	of	extinction."	—	Ingleby	Gallery,Edinburgh,	April	9	-	June	11,	2022	29		30	 BEEPLEEverydays:	The	First	5000	Days"In	May	2007,	 the	digital	 artist	known	as	Beeple	 set	out	 to	create	and	post	a	newwork	of	art	online	every	day.	He	hasn’t	missed	a	day	since,	 creating	a	new	digitalpicture	 every	 day	 for	 5,000	 days	 straight.	 Individually	 known	 as	 EVERYDAYS,collectively,	 the	 pieces	 form	 the	 core	 of	EVERYDAYS:	 THE	 FIRST	 5000	 DAYS,one	of	the	most	unique	bodies	of	work	to	emerge	 in	the	history	of	digital	art...	InEVERYDAYS:	THE	FIRST	5000	DAYS,	 the	artist	has	 stitched	 together	 recurringthemes	 and	 color	 schemes	 to	 create	 an	 aesthetic	 whole.	 Organized	 in	 loosechronological	 order,	 zooming	 in	 on	 individual	 pieces	 reveals	 abstract,	 fantastical,grotesque,	 and	 absurd	 pictures,	 alongside	 current	 events	 and	 deeply	 personalmoments.	 Society’s	 obsession	 with	 and	 fear	 of	 technology;	 the	 desire	 for	 andresentment	 of	wealth;	 and	America’s	 recent	 political	 turbulence	 appear	 frequentlythroughout	the	work."	-	Christie's	Auction	HouseEverydays:	The	First5000	Days,	2021	NFT	(non-fungibletoken),	digital	collageof	5000	original	images21,069	x	21,069	pixelsminted	on	February	16,2021,	token	ID:	40913COURTESYANTONELLASBRILLI	&	LAURALEUZZI

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Visualizing time: a recent survey of time-focused art. [Magazine article, 2022 edition]

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