'Sweepers Clock' from the 'Real Time' series
Maarten Baas (Dutch, born 1978), designer
Details
Title
'Sweepers Clock' from the 'Real Time' series
Artist/Maker
Maarten Baas (Dutch, born 1978), designer
Date
2009
Medium
Digital video (color, silent)
Dimensions
Dimensions variable
Credit
Gift of the artist
Accession #
2015.79
In Sweepers Clock, Dutch designer Maarten Baas playfully illustrates the passage of time. Captured from an aerial view, two men sweep piles of trash in real time for twelve hours, the piles becoming the hour and minute hands of an analog clock face. The artwork, played on loop, comments on the amount of waste humans produce and the time and labor required to move and process it.
Image Copyright
©Maarten Baas