“Time is relative and depends on the Observer”
Albert Einstein
I conducted painting experiments related to time recording , the experiments were time-limited such as 1 minute, 1 hour, 1 day, and had a vector of recording from left to right; subsequent experiments with colour, and non-linear time. This allowed me to examine my time, visualise it, and compare the ways of recording time. I recorded time using a trace from a paintbrush, a point – which is a time segment close to one second, and I started to record time-based on the classical concept of time in philosophy and physics.
In classical physics, time is a continuous quantity, an a priori feature of the world, not defined by anything. A certain, usually periodic sequence of events is used as a basis for measurement, which is considered to be a reference point for a certain period. This principle is based on a clock. This way I recorded 1 hour, 1 minute, one day.
My research made me realise that this is a very mechanical way of recording, with which I felt trapped, I felt the inorganic of this way – time has become artificial, unnatural, automatic and bringing with it discomfort. I wanted this day (time recording one day) to end, I was annoyed, and I couldn’t cope with the increasing feeling of tension.
If you compare this way from the experiment and the way of recording time, which I have been using in my works since 2015, where time is not hierarchic (beginning to end), i.e. it is not recorded linearly, but only cyclically, using layers.
At the same time, the perception of time changes completely: time suddenly becomes something natural, easy to record, fluid, stress-free; and when the work is finished – concrete – the past time and at the same time creates deep space on the canvas. Here too, colour plays an extraordinary role – for example, red speeds up the recording, and black or blue slows down the documentation, creating a stronger sense of suspension.
All exercises and experiments were performed in silence.
