Collector’s Time
a pair of watches running on the heartbeat, Arduino, Raspberry Pi
On 5 March 2018 at 19:00, a collector duo started wearing this set of watches. They have been programmed in such a way that they run to the rhythm of the wearers’ heartbeat. More than two years of research were needed before Nuyten was able to transform this idea into actually functioning watches. Collector’s Time marks the start of a series of works in which Nuyten examines the human relationship with time, such as A Body’s Time and Heartbeat of a Landscape.
Courtesy: Upstream gallery Amsterdam
Photo: Thomas Nuijten
Plancius Art Collection