The Time Has Started

2022

Wood, LED screen
50 x 30 x 75 cm

The Time Has Started is named after the long poem "Time Has Started" written by poet Hu Feng. The work is composed of a tree trunk and a narrow LED display. The current era has diluted people's concept of time, but it does not change the essence of time rolling forward. While the flashing display is a constant reminder of the beginning of another moment, the black and steady tree trunk on one side speaks silently of the last period of time that has been frozen. Time is the slow growth process of frozen organic matter, and at the same time, it is a flashing moment on the display. In the present time of uncertainty, how will the time that keeps on starting to be presented in each individual?