O’clock
December 1st, 2008Nadine Grenier, a student at ESAD Strasbourg, made this kinetic installation called “O’clock”. It is made with 500 clocksworks and every 12 hours you can read this sentence: “le temps passe, et chaque fois qu’il y a du temps passe, il y a quelque chose qui s’efface”. This is a quote from Jules Romains, a French poet, which roughly translates in “Time passes, and every time the time passes, there is something that fades”.
It reminds me a little of this clock by Christiaan Postma.
found at Fubiz
December 2nd, 2008 at 6:52 am
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December 2nd, 2008 at 5:02 pm
[...] O’clock – today and tomorrow Nadine Grenier, a student at ESAD Strasbourg, made this kinetic installation called “O’clockâ€. It is made with 500 clocksworks and every 12 hours you can read this sentence: “le temps passe, et chaque fois qu’il y a du temps passe, il y a quelque chose qui s’effaceâ€. This is a quote from Jules Romains, a French poet, which roughly translates in “Time passes, and every time the time passes, there is something that fadesâ€. (tags: art) [...]
December 5th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
Tres facinante!!!!
December 8th, 2008 at 6:28 am
Wow, that is very clever.
December 8th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
Des francais tu sais. Ils peuvent tout faire. (The French u know–they can do anything) Spoken by a fervent francophile.
December 9th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
Wow…that is very very cool…I love clocks but I never would have thought of that!
December 9th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
well…I certainly hope none of them run slow…. who knows what it might say
December 9th, 2008 at 11:43 pm
Fantastics! Thanks!
December 10th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
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December 11th, 2008 at 5:49 am
And yet a new canvas for art… Thanks for posting.
December 11th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
[...] O’clock: 500 orologi che, due volte al giorno, rivelano una frase. Bellissimo! [...]
December 11th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
This is beautiful and well concepted….
If you haven’t clicked on the link above concerning the other clock… do so. That one required some SERIOUS engineering… it isn’t as artful or poetic… in fact, aside from things being spelled out by clock pieces- there aren’t any comparable similarities…
they are both fascinating, add I admire someone for having taken the time to think outside the clock! :P
December 11th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
If this project is the only brilliant thing this artist does it will be sad, but it would be enough. This is evidence that extraordinary ideas only come around once in awhile–Way more than just clever. One of the sweetest sentiments I’ve found on the Internet. I wish I did it. Bravo!
December 14th, 2008 at 7:15 am
that’s tres cool!
December 14th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
genious!!bravo
December 15th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
[...] Grenier, a student has created a kinetic installation called O’Clock. The message is made up of 500 clocks and in 12-hour increments you can read [...]
December 16th, 2008 at 6:39 am
Tis a grand idear.
I will use the basic premise and use it to make money for something.
I’ll think of the sentence first.
Then type it out in Illustrator.
I’ll trace over little hands and big hands of clocks to certain points.
Then, I’ll make sure each clock starts simultaneously.
huh?
December 16th, 2008 at 9:40 am
interesting design.
December 16th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
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December 16th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
But I’d like to see a picture of it when it is NOT in alignment, so i can see how well the message is hidden…
December 16th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
amazing…
December 17th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
I like the quote more than anything, pretty words
December 18th, 2008 at 4:33 am
wow AMAZING!
December 18th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
wow. That’s amazing design.
December 18th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
It is clocks?…..Amazing ideas!!
December 18th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
really creative….way 2 go!
December 19th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Like Dave said: “But I’d like to see a picture of it when it is NOT in alignment…” I don’t think this works so well in practice. I think it looks sweet on picture when the sentence is readable, but this is maybe for a few minutes a day, what about the other 11 hours? I find it a bad rip-off of the clock by Christiaan Postma featured prior on today and tomorrow: http://www.christiaanpostma.nl/index.htm?clock.htm
January 19th, 2009 at 4:05 am
yea, but what time is it?
January 27th, 2009 at 5:42 pm
Tres interessant! wow.
bravo. pour vraie!
February 15th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
Stunning and clever
Pascal
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May 18th, 2009 at 1:47 am
[...] can see in the video. But still nice. Here are 2 other similar clocks projects worth checking out: O’clock and Christaan Postma [...]
July 17th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
I love crazy clocks. It reminds me of the Human calendar, where all the faces are looking at today’s date, and today’s date is looking straight ahead.
January 12th, 2010 at 1:29 am
[...] Today and Tomorrow This is really clever, and I love the fact that it’s in French. [...]