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In Real time, the experience of time is the focus of attention. Four film clocks with the names Grandfathers Clock, World Clock, Sweepers Clock, Analog Digital clock indicate the time with the help of film images: filmed people represent the time. They replace the function of the clock face and influence the display of time, by drawing the clock hands, for example, and adjusting these every minute. During the presentation, one of the clocks will come into operation live.

Timelines
With the human timepiece, Baas wishes to give an idea of how time passes, what people can do with it, and how endless time is. The project symbolizes the Zuiderzee Museum’s approach to time: it combines the timelines of the present and the past instead of displaying history chronologically.

On Maarten Baas
The Dutch designer Maarten Baas (1978) was educated at the Design Academy Eindhoven. His graduation project, Smoke, consisting of burnt furniture, represented his breakthrough and brought him a nomination for the René Smeets and the Melkweg design award. The work was presented during the design week in Milan in 2003. In 2005, along with Bas den Herder he founded Studio Baas & den Herder op. The partnership enables the production and reproduction of designs on a large scale. Later, other successful designs followed, such as Clay, Sculpt and Plastic chair in wood. In the meantime, their work has been on show in various national and international museums. www.maartenbaas.com