Diurnal cycles of sunlight syncopate to the unique rhythm of each citizen. The day is driven by the omnipresent intensity of the sun: life forms protect their pulsing bodies under air-conditioned shadows inside opaque buildings. To the onlooker, the city is quiet. Just as the sun allows us to witness life, it also obscures.
towards time
Using sunlight
the installation illuminates the constellations of the desert sky onto an ephemeral fabric.
Suspended above the viewer, the celestial bodies are
cast as remainders of the sun
As the material moves in the wind—which at times is gentle and other times strong—the viewer
sees the celestial arrangement
that is invisible during the day due to the dominance of sunlight.
The best time to view the celestial map is at the brightest time of the day.
