Time

  • 01.06.10
    time Time 00-XX

    Some clocks are functional, some are not very practical. This is an ongoing series of clock experiments.
    Each clock is written in Processing and presented here using processing.js.
    link: [time 00]
  • 05.06.09
    thermal01 Thermal Clock

    We rely heavily on our vision to identify change. We see sand accumulating at the bottom of the hourglass. We see the minute hand rotate clockwise. How would our sense of time change if we cast time to another sense?
    Thermal Clock is a timepiece that positions heat along a bar over a 24 [...]
  • 05.05.09
    picture-1cinematic Cinematic Timepiece

    Time is our measure of a constant beat. We use seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, decades, centuries, etc. But what if we measured time against rituals, chores, tasks, stories, and narratives? How can we use our memory, prediction, familiar and unfamiliar narratives to tell time?
    As a child, I remember using [...]
  • 05.05.09
    img_2566 Time in Six Parts

    Time in Six Parts is a series of attempts to unravel and re-present time through alternative perspectives.  The hope is to demystify scales of time that are out of our immediate reach and explore new approaches to marking time.
  • 05.05.09
    _dsc1847 Counting to a Billion

    As a child, I remember challenging myself to count to 1000, 1 million, or 1 billion. I don’t think I ever made it.
    Why do we aimlessly count? How long would it take to count to a billion?
    Counting to a Billion is a device created to fulfill the desire to count. The [...]
  • 05.05.09
    316-billion-cycles 3.16 Billion Cycles

    Can we watch decay? Can we see glass as a fluid slowly slumping and deforming over time?
    Everything is in constant flux, yet we consider many things around us static and fixed. 3.16 Billion Cycles is an attempt to unravel a seemingly unchanging 100 years into a set of relationships in digestible increments. [...]
  • 03.21.09
    dsc01729 1 Hour Sprocket Clock

    How accurate does a clock need to be? Most household clocks display time with 3 mechanical movements; the hour, on a 12 hour cycle; minutes past the hour; and seconds past the minute. How crucial is it for us to know how many seconds are past the minute? Do we need to [...]
  • 02.14.09
    93-01 In a Lifetime

    We often compare ourselves to friends, colleagues, relatives, idols, etc. on a scale of time that’s beyond our comprehension. Full of hope and objectives that are far into the future, we strive to achieve as much as our parents, friends, and heroes.
    What do you plan to achieve in the next 5 years? 10 years? [...]
  • 05.24.07
    dsc07393.JPG Haptic Clock

    The Haptic Clock is a small clock program for Java powered mobile phones. The clock conveys time through a sequence of vibrations so you never have to pull the phone out of your pocket to tell time. The idea behind it was to create a clock that would train my body to understand [...]