“Time has formal means to be categorized and divvied out, such as hours in a day. But how do our perceptions of time vary from the recorded amounts or even from person to person? How can we observe time’s path materialize through visible cues? The recurrent cycles of the sun and moon; the seasonal bloom and decay of flora; gradual erosion of seemingly permanent mountains and sky-scrapers alike. We often witness time passively, without a second thought to the subtle light shifts over sandstone and salt water expanses.

We make attempts to document the transitory nature of the world around us.

A memory in tangible form with photographs.

A slice captured for keeps in paint and pencils.

A moment is preserved through art forms.

How does this individual lens differ from person to person? One way we explored this was through daily shots at 6PM of our immediate surroundings, however mundane, to compare our experiences. Multiple layers of realities merge to create a collective understanding of the present. As time flows on, spaces warp and deviate from the confines of the frozen image; the flowers have withered, the daily subject views have changed. But time’s passing is also necessary for art; to develop and print film, to lay down lines on paper, to use the sunlight in cyanotype exposures. We leave marks on our environments, through direct interaction and accumulated creative artifacts. Our spaces transcend the observed landscape and become a visual timeline, to a past and future in constant flux.”