Standard Time by Mark Formanek

At Rotterdam Central Station (NL) a "digital" clock was shown for 24 hours from 27 November to 28 November, which was meticulously kept by a total of 36 workers. Each minute was carefully adjusted.

The clock, circa 4 meters tall en 12 meters wide, stood on the location where in some years the new station will arise. The clock was part of a scaffolding construction, which made the whole 7 meters tall, 7 meters depth and 14 meters wide.

The performance was recorded on film and will be shown in Rotterdam throughout the city. The film will be precisely on time, which makes it a real clock for the people to check the time.

Standard Time is an artwork by Mark Formanek
Produced by Mothership. Commissioned by Bureau Binnenstad (City of Rotterdam). With thanks to Rotterdam Festivals and Rotterdam Centraal (NS, Prorail and Randstadrail)

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[Nopp3]

sure its pretty silly, but i like it

people take them selves and reality too seriously, we need projects like this to remind us that doing things for fun is never stupid,

even if its large scale and government funded

governments piss away money all the time, atleast here they pissed it away at something funny

[tbenda]

and in some countries, whiny little shits complain about how other people starve while they get fat on doritos.

[Russell Jenkins]

You can buy the parts and build it.

Rotterdam is too cold for bikinis, I think

[Krzysztof Wierzbicki]

Czy jest wersja z robotnicami w bikini?

Gdzie ten zegar można kupić?

[page ofduke]

couldn't agree more... :/

[dereileak]

it cost maybe a couple thousand dollars to do, in the united states we blow up a single missle in 10 seconds that cost 1/2 million dollars, now thats a waste of money

[dereileak]

a lot of stuff is stupid, this lets us know we are human, cause we do stupid stuff, that is just fun to do, unlike other species

[icaros911]

absolutely stupid

[page ofduke]

is a great example how drugs can make serius brain damage... Hey kid, go smok something to get happy and let problems and criticism to other people.

[ac1dslayer]

This makes me think of the regression of technology. Don't be a slave of your iphone! haha