Just past the pedestal, we find a hall. Along the left wall hangs a long wood and metal display on which rest eight clocks, all set to the same time, interspersed alternately with letters spelling the word "SYNCHRONY." Above the display is an idea map with "Clock Time" as the central topic.
At the far end of the hall is a video monitor and a 3/4" VCR resting
upon a sculpture stand. A video loop plays continuously: A woman walks in
slow motion. She reappears in a different place, walking backwards. A watch
appears, taking five seconds to tick once. A timecode window appears, spiraling
off into a grid of rapidly changing numbers. A world map; clock digits become
superimposed. People reappear, this time in fast forward. Above the video
monitor hangs the idea map for Media Time.
Turning right, we enter a larger space. In the center of the room stands
an eight foot tall white box, four feet on a side, with a door in it and
a reel-to-reel tape deck next to it. Slide projectors atop the box project
the changing image of the horizon onto the East and West walls. Over a period
of twenty minutes the projections complete the cycle of a day - sunrise,
midday, sunset, midnight. The idea map for Celestial
Time is on the wall to our left.
On the far side of the large central box, we find a white pedestal with a white chair on it. The chair faces towards the idea map for Body Time. A pair of headphones rest on the chair. Inside the headphones we hear heartbeats, walking, and breathing. Guards march by. The slow breathing of sleep. A horse clops past. The fast breathing and heartbeat of running. Frogs sing their rhythm to the night.
Now approaching the central box, we find instructions to start the
reel-to-reel
tape deck, enter the box and close the door behind us. Inside we find a
low chair, speakers to our left and our right, and above and below us. An
idea map about Spiritual Time hangs on
the wall in front of us. We are invited to sit, turn the light out if we
like, and breathe. A chanting slowly fills the air. A meditation bell resounds
vertically. We are led on a journey through Catholic mass, whirling dervish
music, Chinese cymbals and a delicate, angelic choir, all presented in a
three dimensional sound field modeled with the cathedral in mind; it draws
us up.
Once the tape is over, we exit the box. As we leave the gallery, we are presented with the opportunity to study the initial diagram again, perhaps with new insight.
TimeWorks was created by Jeremiah Lyman Moore