Edward Groeger, Trilogy Of Time, 2016.

The Universe of Time
A sudden flash in the darkest night. Plain graphics. It parts the sky in two, but it just scratches the surface of our minds. Only when you slow it down to the very extremes you start to experience how much more there is to it. Suddenly a universe opens. Every thousandth of a second the light beam of a flash is different, casts thousands of different shadows on the earth. That is the beauty to discover.
And then the opposite: You sit still with your mind straying on empty paths. The sun is glued to its zenith, immobile. In the trees, the leaves do not shiver. And a dog lies weary at your feet. Nothing breathes, nothing moves. But even if seemingly nothing changes at all for hours, everything is different from second to second – from split second to split second. Time makes the difference. It never stops. For no one. It constantly changes the world.
To get a glimpse at the Universe of Time you need to adapt to it. Or you need someone who adapts the Universe of Time to you. Someone who cuts it down to a measure that is understandable for human beings. Someone who can imagine how to make time visible.
Edward Groeger took a camera, a light bulb. As simple as that. And from this starting point he created the art of time. His triptych is fast and slow at the same time. It captures the beauty of time: a flash, a movement, and then still stand. It is simple in its construction, but complex in its message.
The triptych helps us to get hold of the notion of time, from flash-like action only to be perceived for a very short amount of time to nearly unbearable slowness that opens the mind. In its movement the light bulb cuts an even line through the impenetrable background. Then seven ghost images of the light bulb on its way resolve the mystery of the object and remind us to have a closer look, to peek behind the curtain. And then: is it immobility? Is it deadlock? It is Zen-like peace that opens the field and lets our minds stray through endless fields of time.