Real Time (art series) explained

Real Time is an art installation series by Dutch designer Maarten Baas. It consists of works in which people manually create and erase the hands on a clock each minute.

The first works in the series were launched in April 2009. They consist of videos in which sweepers move around trash to create the analog clock hands ("Sweeper's clock"),^[1] a person behind a translucent screen paints a digital clock, and grandfather clocks in which a man behind a screen paints the analog hands.^{[2] [3]}

In 2016, Baas continued the series with the "Schiphol clock" at the Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It depicts a man behind a translucent screen painting the minutes. Baas recorded an actor (Tiago Sá da Costa) for 12 hours to create the video used.^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

Notes and References

1. News: Goodman . Audrey . A look into the completely digital gallery, Loop . 19 March 2022 . The Rambler . . 19 February 2021.
2. News: Zhang . Michael . Amazing 'Real Time' Clocks Created Using 12-Hour-Long Loops of Video . 19 March 2022 . PetaPixel . 30 April 2012 . en.
3. News: Rafferty . Jean . More Than a Clock . 19 March 2022 . . 19 March 2016.
4. News: Hohenadel . Kristin . A New Clock at Amsterdam's Airport Features a Man Painting the Minutes by Hand . 19 March 2022 . . 7 July 2016 . en.
5. News: Tucker . Emma . The hands of Maarten Baas' Schiphol clock are drawn in real time . 19 March 2022 . . 5 July 2016 . en.
6. News: Kwok . Natasha . maarten baas records gigantic real time clock for amsterdam schiphol airport . 19 March 2022 . . 4 July 2016 . en.
7. News: Video of Sweeper's clock in Rotterdam goes viral, leaves netizens amazed . 19 March 2022 . . Jun 29, 2021 . en.
8. News: Prime . Richard . Maarten Baas Paints the Time at Schipol [sic]]. 19 March 2022 . Cool Hunting . 6 July 2016.