At its Heart, Time Measurement is a Problem of Human Orientation

At its Heart, Time Measurement is a Problem of Human Orientation, 2023, 750x180x100cm

On seven pulsating screens, a time calculation is proposed that counts heartbeats instead of seconds. The pulse of the screens is determined by a recorded heart signal. The screens show numbers, calculations, animations and symbols that refer to various time calculations and the change from the geocentric to the heliocentric world view.
Based on the idea of UNIX time - counting time using a single number - this fictitious time measurement takes the heartbeats of each individual person as the beat. This results in an individualized time calculation, because if every person had their own time calculation, there would no longer be a synchronized time. In this work, the changes in the percep- tion of the world caused by the fictitious heartbeat time are examined: the location in time, the determination of the now, the question of the center, etc.
UNIX time is the standardized, internal representation of time in computers. It counts the seconds (or smaller units) since 01.01.1970.

Front view of 'At its Heart, Time Measurement is a Problem of Human Orientation'
Screen with the current heartbeat time of the piece
Current hearbeat time of the piece
Screen showing for different time systems (celestrial, calender, UNIX time, heartbeat time)
Development of the heartbeat time
Screen showing the calculation of the current moment on the basis of birth Screen showing the calculation of the current moment on the basis of death

Determening the now on the basis of birth and death

Screen a collage of the geocentric worldview Screen a collage of the geoheliocentric worldview Screen a collage of the heliocentric worldview

The question concerning the center (geocentric, geoheliocentric, heliocentric)