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.
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.