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Chase


A clock that is afraid to cross midnight and move to the next day.
Chase is a kinetic clock that captures the paradox of time’s progression and our personal experience of “almost” crossing into a new day. The clock’s minute hand approaches midnight but resets at 11:59 as the clock face rotates back to 11:29. This continuous loop embodies an endless anticipation, evoking the feeling of being on the verge of something new yet perpetually held back. Drawing from the artist’s experiences across multiple time zones, Chase I reflects time as both a shared construct and an individual experience, inviting viewers to question their relationship with change, progress, and the familiar.

Chase is a kinetic sculpture made for the show ‘11:59’ at theBlanc Gallery New York in April, 2024. The show’s theme was the anxiety, potential, and fear of the fleeting moment before midnight, symbolizing the precipice between the familiar and the unknown as one day ends and another begins.

I was also a co-curator for this show.

Github Repo
The Clock


Process
The clock is a modified found object, powered by a stepper motor and controlled by an Arduino microcontroller. At 11:59, the motor rotates the clock face 90 degrees, returning the hour hand to 11:29 in a carefully orchestrated cycle. This design maintains a constant state of “almost arriving,” using programmed interruptions to engage viewers in a reflection on time’s layered nature.


Exhibited at
1159, theBlanc Gallery, NY - 2023
Third Space from the Sun, NYC Resistor - 2023
Gratitude