the universe is a clock (2024)








Image Credit: Jules Lister
Photographed at Grundy Gallery, UK, for ‘object transformations through the coordinate of time’, 2024, RA Walden 


the universe is a clock (i) schrödinger’s equation, time independent, 2024

the universe is a clock (iii) carnot’s equation, second law of thermodynamics; entropy and work, 2024

In this series of works, the numerals of a clock are replaced with different elements from scientific equations. Made from clear glass and noble gases, these works bring the physical world and the world of physics together to invite the viewer to consider their own understandings of time. As we occupy bodies in their varying states of health, on a planet careening toward sickness and at a time when the future is so unknown; this work also opens up questions of clock time, ‘sick time’, and normative time-keeping.



Image above pictured with work on the left by Shezad Dawood

the universe is a clock (i) schrödinger’s equation, time dependent, 2024

These works were co-commissioned as part of Hybrid Futures. Hybrid Futures is a collaboration between Castlefield Gallery, Manchester; Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool; Touchstones, Rochdale, University of Salford Art collection, and Shezad Dawood Studio. Hybrid Futures is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, and with support from Art Fund and Henry Moore Foundation.

Text by Paulette Brien