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Water Clocks

Paper, water colour. Various dimensions. 2020-2022

A water clock is one of the oldest instruments for measuring time. By letting water flow into or out of a vessel, the passing of time was measured. One of the simplest form of a water clock was a cone shaped vessel with a hole at the bottom, and the inner surface marked with lines. As the level of its water dropped, hours could be told using the markings inside. 

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Drawings with organic lines have slowly appeared by placing paper in a container filled with pigmented water, or just water, that has been left to evaporate. 

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The amount of time each container can carry is varied. The average time for the smaller works is 33 days. 

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The drawings show time as changeable and dependent on its surroundings. The works carry within themselves, a relationship between the artist herself, time, space, material, and physical phenomena such as temperature, humidity, evaporation, and gravitation. All parameters collaborate and affect the process. 

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Whilst the water evaporates inside the container, its surface seems completely still to the eye. However, fine vibrations can be seen in the finished work. Like the growth rings of a tree, or the sediments of a mountain, the drawings tell us about an occurrence and a continuous movement beyond our perceptions. 

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