zeiten (times) consists of a clock visible from both sides, of the kind familiar
from railway stations, factory entrances or public buildings. These large,
distinctive timepieces characterise public spaces and provide orientation.
Largely incidentally, they shape our daily life and daily rhythms.
In zeiten (times) the two discs holding the numbers have been removed and
replaced with sheets of glass, to which the clock’s mechanism is attached.
While the hands on one side turn, the hands on the other are also visible. At
first glance we may assume these are the shadows of the hands on the side
facing us. As soon as these hands turn, however, it is clear that this is not
the case. The hands turn in synchrony, but in the opposite direction. Past and
future are reflected and hold the present in the balance.
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