Friday 28 January 2011

the modern time-keeper

the marathon is finally (half) over!
BA(Hons) Design final year dissertation:

The Modern Time-keeper



My dissertation investigates and questions the modern approach of timekeeping. Its aim was to trace the roots of what time is. Divided into three sections, it conjures how the meanings of time can run in parallel:

60 seconds investigates how in the modern society, time is the ultimate ruler whereby systematic timekeeping has imposed a form of tyranny on society by forcing our surrender to the authority of the clock. The following two chapters are the counter arguments of our modern notion of time and is the inspiration of my project so far.

15 breaths explores the theories of time, comparing and contrasting the theories of relativity, time as an internal instinct and time as a learnt memory.

65 heartbeats explores the book Einstein’s Dreams which narrates the portrayal of the nature of time other than the number on the clock in 30 different worlds.

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