Last Wednesday, during our usual class time, I went to the Wexner Center for the first time. I first saw the American Photo exhibit, which was cool but not really exciting, and some exhibit on light. However, my favorite part of the exhibit was The Clock. I walked into the very dark room around 11:49 (kind of nice to always know what time it is) and stayed until 12:30 before my next class. This was by far the longest I ever spent with artwork.
My favorite part was when the clock struck noon. The artist used clips from action movies, and built some suspenseful music into the background to lead up to noon. Then he had Big Ben strike noon in London and clocks from movies of all eras began chiming, ringing, etc. During the whole time I was in there, I only recognized two movies (Titanic and James Bond). I found this odd since I watch movies on a fairly regular basis.
I believe the whole point of the clock was not about how far the movie industry came, or how many clocks are in movies, but to recognize how time controls almost everything we do. I even pulled out my phone to check the time (while I was already looking at a clock!). My schedule, the time of day, the season, the month, the year... all these times control my day to day actions. I am glad the artist made me think about how much time really affects my life.
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