maarten baas: real time zuiderzee clock

zuiderzee clock by maarten baas

holland’s zuiderzee museum will display work by dutch artist maarten baas, recently named designer of the year 2009 by design miami. baas created the zuiderzee clock especially for the zuiderzee museum which is part of the exhibition real time. the clock will be on show at design miami from december 1-5, 2009. 

all images by gerritjan huinink

in real time, maarten baas expresses his perception of time in four film clocks: grandfather’s clock, sweeper’s clock, analog digital clock, and the zuiderzee clock. people (filmed) take over the function of the hands of a clock and affect the way the time is shown. the project symbolizes the zuiderzee museum’s way of thinking with regards to time by combining the timelines of the past and the present, rather than showing history chronologically.

the exhibition will be on view at zuiderzee museum from december 26th, 2009 to may 10, 2010.

people are hands of the clock

maarten baas directing people in the zuiderzee clock

watch the making of the zuiderzee clock