Alicja Kwade, Die bewegt Leere des Moments (The Void of the Moment)
~ Tick tock, tick tock ... ~ The time of Poliphile seems to have arrived. An imposing suspended clock swings like a sword Damocles over the head of the visitors. Driven by gravitational and centrifugal forces, the pendulum and the stone that serves as a counterweight perform a choregraphy set at a constant speed. As Foucault's pendulum whose swing evinces the rotation of the Earth, the installation shows the movement of time as that of the world. A recurrent motif of the artist's work, the clock is a testament to the human impulse to measure and divide time as a means for controlling and shaping reality.
Lamps, mirrors, doors- the artist of Polish origin born in 1979 uses everyday objects in an attempt to materialize abstract principles. The installations of Alicja Kwade sow doubt and create ambiguity.
Part of Nuit Blanche Paris 2016
Banks of the Seine Rive Gauche, #26
Port du Gros-Caillou (facing 59-61 quai), d'Orsay, 75007
On view: 7:00pm October 1 - 07:00am October 2, 2016