The work consists of a device that includes a potentiometer and a spotlight that is connected to a modified clock. The clock is linked to a solar cell and works only when there is a source of light of given intensity. It works by someone fastening it onto his or her body at waist level and regulating the intensity of the light by deep breathing from the abdomen. Thus the visitor will, by breathing, set in motion the clock, which works only when the person is breathing. At the level of the biologically and psychologically conditioned perception of time, this work has its effect by encouraging deep breathing and because of the visual experience of the change of light, creates a relaxing and meditative state. The project is a response to our accelerated and stressful manner of life, in which we are all the time thinking and multi-tasking. Through interaction with the work, the focus is directed on a single action, breathing, which brings us into the state of mind that is here and now. In this manner, the perception of time varies too. Hence the clock is designed to have no numbers; it is totally white and has just a single red second-hand.
production: KONTEJNER (DIY_ARTLAB)
Vitar Drinković (HR)
Vitar Drinković is a Croatian contemporary artist working in the fields of interactive installations, sculpture, extended reality (XR), computer game technologies, biofeedback, and new media technologies. His artistic practice explores perception, communication, and the relationship between the human body, technology, and virtual environments through participatory artworks. He graduated in Sculpture (2008) and Animation and New Media (2014) from the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb. He has presented more than twenty solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group exhibitions in Croatia and abroad, including at the Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb, the Die Angewandte Festival in Vienna, the Pixxelpoint Festival in Slovenia, Schaumbad in Graz, Lauba – The House for People and Art, and Klovićevi Dvori Gallery, as well as exhibitions and festivals in France, Austria, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, and the United States. He was a Radoslav Putar Award finalist (2021), participated in international artist residencies in France and the Czech Republic, and regularly leads workshops in the fields of interactive art and new media. As an external lecturer, he taught at RIT Croatia and participated in educational programmes at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb.
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