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Jaw-dropping new installation by Humans Since 1982 features 288 clocks

Date
26 February 2013

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Hey there. Nice watch you’re rocking on your wrist. No yeah you’re right – stylish. It’s just that no timepiece is ever going to feel enough after you’ve feasted your eyes on this remarkable new installation from wonderfully-named Swedish studio Humans Since 1982. A Million Times uses 288 analogue clocks programmed via an iPad to create a series of swooping, swirling visual patterns, a digital clock face and lettering. It was commissioned by the design and art dealer Victor Hunt, who said: “Locked in its functionality to show the time, the natural character inherent to an analogue clock – with its two arms constantly dancing in slow motion around the center – unveils hidden figurative qualities without denying its primary purpose.”

A person stands with their back to the camera, looking at a large white artwork on a gallery wall. The piece consists of a grid of small white circles, each containing a dark, abstract mark.
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Humans Since 1982: A Million Times (still)

A person stands with their back to the camera, facing a wall covered in small, white circular clocks. The clock hands are set to various random positions, and a black line forms a maze-like pattern across the left side.
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Humans Since 1982: A Million Times (still)

A white, undulating fabric surface is pinned to a wall with a grid of small, circular white discs. Thin black lines are drawn across the fabric, warping and curving to follow the folds of the material.
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Humans Since 1982: A Million Times (still)

A grid of small white circular discs, each marked with a single black line. The lines shift in angle across the surface to create a waving, three-dimensional effect.
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Humans Since 1982: A Million Times (still)

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Rob Alderson is a freelance writer, editor and strategist. He was previously editor-in-chief of It’s Nice That and WePresent, and editor of Design Week. He publishes the newsletter Undo, which tries to make sense of how AI is changing design work, the design process and the design industry.

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