YVONNE SINGER
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Just in Time (or hanging by a thread), 2014

Materials: Neon, 24 hourglasses, metronome
Dimension
: Variable
Exhibition: Loop Gallery, 2014
Photo credit:
Thomas Blanchard

To carve out dials quaintly,
point by point,

Hereby to see the minutes how they run,

How many make the hour full complete;

How many hours bring about the day;

How many days will finish up the year;

How many years a mortal man may live


Henry VI, Part III, Act 2, Scene 5, Wm Shakespeare

Just in time (or hanging by a thread) follows Singer’s ongoing exploration of the cultural nuances and sculptural qualities of everyday language. The installation features 24 hourglasses, (each marking one hour), a metronome, and a blue neon text reading: "so I watched him take his last breath and I was relieved. I needed the certainty that he was gone". Placed alongside signifiers of the demarcation of time, this enigmatic passage about loss functions as both text and object.

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