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The Circadian Clock

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The Circadian Clock. Griffiths, Rupert (Artist). 2021.

Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputs › Performance

Harvard

Griffiths, R, The Circadian Clock, 2021, Performance.

APA

Griffiths, R. (Artist). (2021). The Circadian Clock. Unpublished. Performance

Vancouver

Griffiths R (Artist). The Circadian Clock 2021.

Author

Griffiths, Rupert (Artist). / The Circadian Clock. [Performance].

Bibtex

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abstract = "Light from the sun is a biological cue that entrains the circadian rhythms of most life on earth. The Circadian Clock is a work of speculative design that takes the luminosity and colour of the sky as the basis for a timepiece. Through the changing light of night and day, it aims to articulate a more-than-human temporal commons, while also indicating the presence of anthropogenic light at night, which can disrupt both human and non-human biologies and behaviours.Using light sensors oriented towards the sky, the clock traces out the changing ambient light as a helix of coloured dots. Each revolution corresponds to the changing light over a period of 24 hours. The helix is shown in perspective and thus appears as a spiral, with the present at the head of the outer ring, always maintained at the 12 o{\textquoteright}clock position, and the past spiralling anticlockwise towards the centre. Cumulatively, this locates the viewer in the daily and seasonal variations of light and dark that act as a master clock for life on earth.",
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