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Published in The Guardian, 31 July 2009
Escapement, an installation by Raqs Media Collective at London’s Frith Street Gallery featuring tens of clocks, is, in spite of its title, ostensibly committed to the present moment. The Delhi-based Raqs seem well-placed to tackle changing ideas about space, time and what it means to exist today. They’re at the forefront of artists from outside the western art-world nexus to gain hefty international attention in recent years, and have frequently channelled globalisation’s slipstreams in their work. Yet, in spite of nods to world time zones and changing technology, this exhibition makes a surprisingly timeless, universal comment. A heartbeat featured on a sound piece provides the show’s bass thrum. Instead of numbers, the clocks’ hands point to loaded words like ecstasy, awe or guilt: it’s good old human emotions that remain the markers in our lives.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/jul/31/exhibitionist-art-this-week
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