In 1964 Writer Kurt Vonnegut visits the New York's World Fair.
And sees what the past had been like.
What the future would be like.
And asks himself about the present;
How wide it was,
How deep it was,
How much was mine to keep.
from the introduction of
Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse 5
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In 1964 Writer Kurt Vonnegut visits the New York's World Fair.
And sees what the past had been like.
What the future would be like.
And asks himself about the present;
How wide it was,
How deep it was,
How much was mine to keep.
from the introduction of
Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse 5
To view the text on the artwork
please scroll down.
How wide it is, how deep it is, how much is mine to keep
The image shows a grid, a time plane and infinity.
A moment in time, a life, is elevated and highlighted.
The gradient of the visible colour spectrum connects the objects.
It reflects on the nature of time and the fleetingness of the present moment.
The present fades into the past and expands into the future.
The concept of the present is elusive.
Generally, we see time as a linear movement from the past to the future.
Once a moment has passed, it is considered past forever.
However, we have to deal with the processing of time.
Memories of events often emerge at irregular intervals,
meaning that each moment is, in a sense, present in every other moment.
This creates an continuous present.
It cannot be grasped, but it also contains everything.