Exhibited in the cloister of Basel’s gothic cathedral, Alicja Kwade’s Der dritte Tag ohne Gestern (2015) explores the fundamental questions of space and time. The work consists of three large corten-steel structures, the forms of which are inspired by pre-scientific attempts to illustrate the inherent structure of the universe. The viewer can walk through the space, peer down the barrels of the sculptures and find clocks staring back indicating the accurate time, demonstrating one of the most ostensibly inherent truths we use to place ourselves in the universe.
