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Richard Long

Long, R. (2024) Richard Long. Available at: http://www.richardlong.org/index.html (Accessed: 27 November 2024).

Land-based artist who creates sculptures and text-based works that explore the artist's relationship to space, landscapes, moments in time and the passage of time.

"working with nature to reflect its impermanence and the changing processes of time" (https://arnolfini.org.uk/whatson/richard-long-time-and-space/)

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Art in and out of time, Richard Leslie

Book Section | Leslie | USA | 2011

Leslie, Richard (2011) ‘The art of time’, in Infinite instances: studies and images of time. Mark Batty Publisher, pp. 34–38.

Useful for establishing the relationship between art and time. Focus is on representations of time in art. Goes back to the Greeks and through to the 1960s and then more clearly in 1980s (associated with postmodernism).

Explores how the association between art and time was recognised and traces this in relation to historical/cultural/social changes.

Traces from a history of visual representations in religious texts to representations of the passing of time in art (experience of 'the' time). Invention of photography - moments in time and movement of time (through slow shutter blurred images, or repetative images e.g. Duchamp). Through to film and video.

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The art of time, Holly Cohen

Cohen, H. (2011) ‘The art of time’, in Infinite instances: studies and images of time. Mark Batty Publisher, pp. 122–123.

"Notes on the curatorial process for 'The matter of time' an exhibition at the Philoctetes Center"

Explores the different dimensions of relationship between art and time: of art's duration, of the techniques and processes of artmaking and representations of time.

Also useful (although brief) to recognise the multiple techniques and "ingredients" used. Links between abstract work and the "troubling" of questions of time.

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Anachronism

Argos Centre for Audiovisual Arts, (2007) Anachronism, Argos Arts. Available at: https://www.argosarts.org/event/11c2daf687d94126a1eaf89d42b4ef50 (Accessed: 21 November 2024).

Exhibition 27.03.07—26.05.07, Brussels

"the promise of these works is that through them we might all the better be able to read and question our past and present and thus also possibly redefine the course of the future.

"...their work often refutes the image of history as a neat trajectory moving smoothly forward across time. They have opted to work against time - creating works that deliberately counter linear order and received ideas of how to represent the chronologies implicit in history’s unfolding - past, present, and future." (https://www.argosarts.org/event/11c2daf687d94126a1eaf89d42b4ef50)

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Fleeing from Absence, Olga Ast

Ast, Olga (2009) Fleeing from absence. New York: Ugly Duckling Presse.

Available from: https://www.abebooks.co.uk/9781933254579/Fleeing-Absence-Ast-Olga-1933254572/plp

"In Fleeing from Absence, Olga Ast explores the nature and interpretations of time in four essays: "The Visualization of Time," "In search of Absent Time," "The Origin of Forms" and "A Copy Machine." Eschewing narrow distinctions between disciplines traditionally employed to discuss the concept of time, Ast blends evidence and opinions from art, science, philosophy and literature into a cohesive whole. While the cross-disciplinary approach of combining the arts with science is increasingly popular, Ast believes that we have yet to see a true collaboration between them. Her book and other interdisciplinary projects attempt to establish a new medium that not confined to art or science but drawn from both." (https://www.fleeingfromabsence.com/)

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100 Years, Kris Martin

Artwork | Martin | 2004 | Belgium

Martin, Kris (2004) 100 years [Bronze].

"Kris Martin's work investigates notions of destruction and preservation, duration and finality, examining our sense of time and mortality." (https://www.zabludowiczcollection.com/collection/artists/view/kris-martin)

"100 Years (2004) is a golden ball bearing a statement that asserts its self-destruction in 100 years' time. It is an object charged with questions of permanence and the longevity of art." (https://www.zabludowiczcollection.com/collection/artists/view/kris-martin)

"His bronze sculpture, 100 Years, doubles as a bomb set to detonate in a century, as an engraving on its underside informs us. As in life, the tick-tock of mortality is a constant in Martin's work, making us think about what comes next with something as ingeniously succinct as an explosion or a full stop." (https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/sep/16/kris-martin-artist-of-week)

The statement transports the object and viewer to another time - the time of its distruction (anachronism).

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The past is the present; it's the future too The temporal turn in contemporary art, Christine Ross

Available as an ebook also in Arts & Social Sciences library N8253.T5 ROS

"Christine Ross builds on current philosophical and theoretical examinations of time and applies them to the field of contemporary art: films, video installations, sculpture and performance works." (https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/past-is-the-present-its-the-future-too-9781441147745/)

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Abandoned futures. Tomorrow was already the question.

Exhibition | 2015 | Spain

Peran, Martí (2014) ‘Abandoned Futures. Tomorrow Was Already the Question’. Fabra i Coats – Centre dart contemporani de Barcelona.

Exhibition curated around the idea of interrelation between present and futures ... a critical look at present/pasts, what was missed, what is still possible. Works explore how stories are open-ended and maintain an openness to possible futures.

"...to bring about the clash between these very hopes and a present with precious few expectations of its own. Only then will the crack of the future remain open, for both today and tomorrow." (https://www.barcelona.cat/fabraicoats/centredart/en/content/abandoned-futures-tomorrow-was-already-question)

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Sky of time, Tatsuo Miyajima

Artwork | Miyajima | 2019 | Japan

Miyajima, T. (2019) Sky of time [Installation]. Available at: https://tatsuomiyajima.com/work-projects/sky-of-time/.

Work brings into relation a scientific/data element with human rhythms (of pulse, breathing...) in a contemplative space that feels familiar (night sky) but disrupts this familiarity through the counters and changes in light and pace.

"In the work, the countless LED lights on the ceiling represent time, human life and the stars. The LEDs also count as numbers 1-9, with 0 being darkness. This is a metaphor for the eternity of human life; when it glows and counts, it means "life" and when it goes dark at 0, it means "death." Countless LEDs repeat it, but they all count at different speeds." (https://tatsuomiyajima.com/work-projects/sky-of-time/)

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This is the time. This is the record of time.

Exhibition | 2014 | Amsterdam

Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam (2014) This is the time. This is the record of time [Exhibition]. Available at: https://www.stedelijk.nl/en/exhibitions/this-is-the-time-this-is-the-record-of-the-time-2.

"The artists investigate to what extent the recording mechanisms and material recordings of our lived times represent and influence our perception of temporality." (https://www.stedelijk.nl/en/exhibitions/this-is-the-time-this-is-the-record-of-the-time-2)

Book of the exhibition available from: https://press.aub.edu.lb/this-is-the-time-this-is-the-record-of-the-time

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Connections: Time, Landscape, and the Art of Andy Goldsworthy

Artwork | Goldsworthy | UK

Menuhin, E. (2023) ‘Connections: Time, Landscape, and the Art of Andy Goldsworthy’, Architectural design, 93(5), pp. 60–69.

Bring attention to seasonality by combining / contrasting different times of natural materials.

Engages with processes of change over time such as themes of decay or melting.

The works themselves have a temporal dimension, often only lasting for a short moment when they are captured in photography before they disappear.

Attention to temporal cycles of life and death in nature.

Brings past into conversation with present (e.g. dry stone wall traversing urban landscape).

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The extinction collection

Exhibition | 2023 onwards | UK

Explorers against extinction (2023) The extinction collection [Exhibition]. Available at: https://explorersagainstextinction.co.uk/the-extinction-collection/.

"Extinction comprises of 20 works, with many featuring fossils and artefacts from Happisburgh. Other works highlight today’s endangered species and at-risk wild spaces and invite us to consider the relationship between humans, climate change and extinction. Together the collection offers a tangible way to consider extinction through time." (https://explorersagainstextinction.co.uk/the-extinction-collection/)

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Art and climate change: separate Bubbles or mutual membrane?

Article | Petrucci | 2022

Petrucci, M. (2022) ‘Art and climate change:separate bubbles or mutual membrane?’ Anthroposphere [Preprint], (8).

Discusses the transformational potential of art using three ideas: "by heightening our awareness of the detailed texture of perception, by revealing private and collective thinking, by making the habitual and familiar unfamiliar – that is, through ‘defamiliarisation’" (https://www.anthroposphere.co.uk/post/art-and-climate-change)

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What is missing?

Artwork(s) | Lin | 2024 | US/Internatinoal

lin, M. (2024) What is missing? [Arts Programme]. Available at: https://www.whatismissing.org/.

Described as a memorial - this is a multi-work, multi-site response to questions of extinction that combines scienific data, art and personal accounts.

"What Is Missing? asks us to look at a memorial not as a singular, static object, but as a work that can exist in multiple forms and places around the world.

The memorial includes permanent sound and media sculptures, traveling exhibits, temporary installations, and this website - serving as the nexus for the entire project." (https://www.whatismissing.org/about)

One of the artworks is included in the blog: https://www.tumblr.com/timeandart/750371456036290560/nbspnbspnbspnbsp-ghost-forest-madison-square?source=share

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Crossroads – new views on art and environment

Book | Laamanen | 2019 | Finland

Laamanen, I. (ed.) (2019) Crossroads — new views on art and environment. Finnish Cultural Institute in New York and The Academy of Fine Arts at the University of the Arts Helsinki.

"Crossroads calls for a transdisciplinary exploration that does not confine art within gallery walls, but celebrates its potential for assisting us in our myriad ways of being in the world. Art allows us to sense time and space differently: as cyclical instead of linear, as rhizomatic instead of isolated, and as chaotic and messy instead of seemingly sterile." (https://fciny.org/projects/crossroads-new-views-on-art-and-environment)

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It's already tomorrow

Photography | Locatelli | 2011 | Italy

Locatelli, L. (2011) It’s already tomorrow [Photography]. Available at: https://www.lucalocatelli.com/option-layout-b/photo-festival-la-gacilly---%27future-studies%27.

photographic images of present day technological advances represented as futuristic cities.

"Today, technological advances no longer inspire wonder. At best, we are indifferent. At worst, afraid. Faced with this, it’s worth asking the question: What is the difference between progress and innovation?" (https://www.festivalphoto-lagacilly.com/en/photographes/luca-locatelli)

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Seeing Global Warming: Contemporary Art and the Fate of the Planet

Abstract

"Contemporary environmental artists are increasingly turning their attention to climate change. Focusing on an exhibition curated by the renowned art critic Lucy R. Lippard, this essay places selected works in dialogue with mass media framings of environmental problems to reveal how contemporary art can generate new ways of seeing global warming. I argue that the show sought to forge perceptual links between local and global environmental change and to use both doomsday and inspiring modes of address in a dialectical fashion. By melding science, aesthetics, and politics in an imaginative way, many of the artists represented the humanistic dimensions of the crisis and, at times, even gestured toward a promising vision of environmentalism."