Maarten Baas Mantel Clock Copper Sweepers

Maarten Baas has grown to become one of the most influential artists of the 21st century through the considered use of playful exploration and conceptual innovation. His Real Time series, of which his Mantel Clocks are a part, presents an utterly novel means of experiencing the passing of time. The audience watches a digital performance seen from above in which the characters brush the hands of a clock around a circle, keeping pace with real-time to maintain the artwork as a functional timepiece.