David Rych, Untitled (Our Time), after Untitled (Perfect Lovers) by Félix González-Torres, 2021
Two synchronized clocks, ticking side by side, and eventually falling out of synch was a powerful artwork made by Félix González-Torres during the AIDS crisis, when his partner Ross Laycock was diagnosed with AIDS. This artwork was a gesture “to act right now,” it was a declaration of love, a tribute to generosity and cruelty of time, a form of militant mourning. The last version of the work was made in 1991 to be widely reproduced. David Rych proposes a tribute to Félix González-Torres, tracing a link to our times, marked again by an illness, a particular flow of time, and the sheer feeling of interdependency. Here minutes are not registered, the clocks show the progression from one day to another, pointing to the chronological limbo many may feel at the present. Die Balkone 2 - Scratching the Surface 30.4.-2.5.2021 An exhibition in Prenzlauer Berg windows and balconies Curated by Övül Ö. Durmusoglu & Joanna Warsza Video by Jagna Nawrocka & Mateusz Nowak
Two synchronized clocks, ticking side by side, and eventually falling out of synch was a powerful artwork made by Félix González-Torres during the AIDS crisis, when his partner Ross Laycock was diagnosed with AIDS. This artwork was a gesture “to act right now,” it was a declaration of love, a tribute to generosity and cruelty of time, a form of militant mourning. The last version of the work was made in 1991 to be widely reproduced. David Rych proposes a tribute to Félix González-Torres, tracing a link to our times, marked again by an illness, a particular flow of time, and the sheer feeling of interdependency. Here minutes are not registered, the clocks show the progression from one day to another, pointing to the chronological limbo many may feel at the present. Die Balkone 2 - Scratching the Surface 30.4.-2.5.2021 An exhibition in Prenzlauer Berg windows and balconies Curated by Övül Ö. Durmusoglu & Joanna Warsza Video by Jagna Nawrocka & Mateusz Nowak