Tempo Rubato

Tempo Rubato Timepiece plays with the idea that time is not simply dividable by equal intervals, but that time is a duration that fluctuates, lengthens and shortens by our experiences of moments passing.

This clock makes time stand still, run ahead, or stay behind -depending on the speed of the w

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ind. It is only over longer periods- that it is seen that the time flow of this clock is in average equal to any other clock.

Our experience of, and relationship with time is influenced by our cultural backgrounds, our surroundings, sounds, silence and mental state of being. Tempo Rubato is a object that is meant to evoke thinking on these subjects; What is time without our experience of it?

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Type

Clocks

Methods

welding, fine metal crafts, lathe

Materials

steel, Stainless Steel, wind

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