Collecting Time (2023)
Collecting Time is a vitrine installation, aiming to reorientate our collective responsibility for rhythm, perception of time and progress by activating our awareness for a slower but steadier pace as a form of collective care.
In a world where confidence in progress is a must, the speed of this progress is often regarded as the measure of success. Time became twice as precious and slowness is often perceived as counterproductive. While the rhythm of the city often jumps back and forth between fast and slow; open or closed; in motion or paused (which requires endless resilience that determines the life and well-being of its citizens), the cycle of nature embodies a much slower and steadier pace.
The snail - one of nature’s many performers to embody this slow but steady pace - stands central in this vitrine installation. A 1:1 scaled photographic reproduction of the animal could also be found within the urban landscape, within a 1 km radius of the vitrine, in the form of vinyl stickers, faithful to the animal's invasive nature.
Installation view SB34, Brussels and Art au Centre, Liège : vitrine installation, 50 x 40 image printed in dibond, cadre american, snail shells, two neon lights, blue paint, metal, vinyl stickers. With the support of Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie (VGC)