Clocks and calenders make the passage of time perceptible. Yet, even with these measuring devices, minutes, hours, years, and decades go by before we know it.
Where does all that time go?

What would happen if everyone's clock was set to a different time? Anarchy? Anger? Chaos? Confusion? Would it mark the end of civilization as we know it?

What if we lived according to nature's clock? We would conduct our activities by the sun, the moon, the tides, and the seasons. Do you think we'd still be so preoccupied with time?

Thanks for taking "the time" to read these words and to experience my installation.

2/10/02 11:51 am

The title of this installation is lifted from a song by Chicago (then known as the Chicago Transit Authority). The song is a catchy pop rock tune, and its lyrics ask the listener whether the passage of time is really all that relevant.

The installation, Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? Does Anybody Really Care?, is a comment about our cultureÕs obsession with time and clocks. We wake up, go to work or school, schedule meetings, watch our favorite TV programs all at a particular time and hour.

Our lives have become so intertwined with clocks. They've even become part of our physical bodies. How many times have you look at your wrist watch today?

Time is such a valuable commodity. In our busy lives, who has the time to do everything they want? How many things have you put off doing, simply because you don't have the time to do it?

We've even categorized certain units of time: quality time, comp. time, over time, part time, full time, waste of time, boarding time, show time, tee time, time out, Daylight Savings Time, Hawaiian time, Eastern Standard Time, etc.