Shaping Time Belvedere 21: Museum of Contemporary Art

The artists in Shaping Time at Belvedere 21 employ photographic techniques – and this includes film – for their study of the world in which we live and how we perceive time.

Our perception of time is highly subjective. We experience time as a continuum, as an interval, or even as a memory. The passage of time, perceived as accelerating in the modern era, for many of us... Show more

The artists in Shaping Time at Belvedere 21 employ photographic techniques – and this includes film – for their study of the world in which we live and how we perceive time.

Our perception of time is highly subjective. We experience time as a continuum, as an interval, or even as a memory. The passage of time, perceived as accelerating in the modern era, for many of us slowed dramatically in these last two years of the pandemic. The feeling of time racing by, of our continual struggle almost against time, was replaced by a sense of time stretching out and an expansive present.