OBS-ART-017
Hanne Darboven — Zahlenschreibarbeiten
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Number as Time
OBS-ART-017
Systems of Clarity
Atlas Index:
OBS-ART-017
Origin:
Hamburg
Era:
1960s–1990s
Themes / Lineage:
number sequence • temporal field
Field Notes:
number • sequence • time
Quiet Modernism appears here as time structured through numerical sequence.

Number as Time

Hanne Darboven — Zahlenschreibarbeiten

Counting establishes duration.

Sequence unfolds.

Time becomes measurable.

How does duration appear?
Number is often read as quantity, yet it measures passage. Counting unfolds time. What continues is duration made legible through sequence.

Number is often read as quantity, yet it measures passage.

Counting unfolds time.

What continues is duration made legible through sequence.

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Artist Overview

Roman Opalka
Time as Number

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On Kawara
Time as Record
Hanne Darboven
time as notation
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