Fan Shilei
Installation 装置
Movie Images 影像
Drawing & Painting 绘画
Public Projecet 公共项目
Yearbook 年鉴
Catalogue 作品目录
Bio 简历
Contact 联系
© Fan Shilei
Industrial Age [工业时代]
2015
时钟 [clock]
600 x 250 x 30 cm
Video link ： https://youtu.be/EVrj2EF46A4
https://v.qq.com/x/page/q3145kjpnhp.html （中国）
This project, titled Eternal and Transient, is a work exploring the concepts of ‘time’ and ‘boundary’. This work consists of 190 clocks, and at two specific points in the day, the hands of the clock will align to form a series of Chinese characters.
This idea developed from an initial experiment with the idea of the ‘boundary’. I thought about the boundaries of time, and I used the clocks to develop the idea. Time is a virtual concept, but the clock is not, so I used this specific form of the clock to show my virtual idea.
Time is always in motion; we have no way to stop time. I used this quality of time to work for me, as my work has a unique relationship with time. At a certain moment, the 190 clocks will align to form the pattern of the words, which is the moment in which my work is visible, but the next moment, my work will not exist. In 24 hours, my work is visible only twice. After it has been seen, the words will disappear, only to appear anew 12 hours later.