Flow of Time Duo Show with David Claerbout and Zhou Tao
Press Release
Flow of Time is a concept originating from astrophysics. Its proponent, Kozyrev, a Russian astronomer believed in the existence of a special spatiotemporal energy field in the universe, where time loses its original constraints and becomes a form of flowing energy. This energy field, he theorized, could carry and transmit all information in the universe in the form of energy flow—an idea he tested repeatedly through experiments somewhere within the Arctic Circle. The reason for borrowing this ultimately unproven concept as the exhibition title stems first from consideration of the essential nature of the video medium itself: it is, in fact, the artist’s fabrication of a segment of time, with images continuously flowing within this fabricated temporal duration, releasing information and energy.