Recently, I’ve come across the work of two artists who are juxtaposing images in a way that makes the viewer think about the concept of time. Even though I don’t own a watch (evidenced by my chronic tardiness) and have never really understood “Time” as a man-made concept (evidenced by my lack of mastery of Daylight Savings Time), I love thinking about what has taken place at a particular spot over the course of history. Who lived in my house when it was first built in 1937? What did they do, what did they argue about, what did they want out of life?
Jo Teeuwisse, a historical consultant in Amsterdam, explored her curiosity about her city’s past after finding World War II era negatives at a flea market. She found the location of the images and layered them over her own recent photographs. Click here to see more images and read an interview with Teeuwisse about her work.
From a contemporary perspective, artist Erin Cooney sought to capture one minute of life from people across the globe in her Simultania Project. Cooney states, “The Simultania Project is about having people from all over the world film and record sound during the same 1-minute-moment in time on Saturday, November 13, and then assembling the resulting footage into a video installation that plays back all the simultaneous perspectives together and in sync.” I especially like the soundscape Cooney complied from the video submissions. Click here to see the project.
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