Exhibition
David Horvitz: Gnomons
05/07/14-06/29/14
Performances · Exhibition-Related
Let us keep our own noon
Cover Image:
“David Horvitz: Gnomons,” 2014. Installation view: New Museum, 2014. Courtesy New Museum, New York. Photo: Benoit Pailley
Titled “Gnomons,” Horvitz’s presentation includes the work Let us keep our own noon (2013), consisting of forty-seven handbells created through the remelting of a French church bell dating back to 1742. The work is activated by performers who, at local noon (when the sun is positioned exactly above the New Museum), collectively ring the bells and then disperse throughout the building and out onto the surrounding streets of the Museum. Referencing the bygone practice of navigating time according to the position of the sun, the work reminds us that our daily rhythms are not solely determined by tradition and locality, but also rooted in global forces.
Sponsors
“David Horvitz: Gnomons” is supported by the Toby Devan Lewis Emerging Artists Exhibitions Fund.
