“Time crumbles things; everything grows old under the power of Time and is forgotten through the lapse of Time”. – Aristotles
I wanted to look at time in a personal way, why it is important to me and what objects represent it in my daily life. Art and architecture define a part of life for me, they are witnesses of time. People often try to bring up the subject of time to understand it better – incl. in the form of a painting or an exhibition.
I believe that the way we experience time is very personal, constantly changing and influenced by our experiences and surroundings. The moments when the awareness of existence is immensely heightened for me, are the moments when I am exposed to art and architecture, in the form of art history, archaeology or visual arts.
I am also interested in the concept of beauty; what we find aesthetically pleasing and how it has evolved over hundreds of years. Our experience of art as humans is a testimony to how we think, what is important to us, and how we live. The creation of visual art is practised by almost all human cultures and is one of the defining characteristics of the human species. Time is also “a determinant concept in forms of art where motion is a key factor for a narrative to be explored as it occurs, […] also an important parameter for a two-dimensional artwork” (Concept of Time Portrayed in Art, 2018).
