Maarten Baas Grandfather Clock The Father

Where disembodied hands would usually tick, in Grandfather Clock a person lives within the clock itself, constantly drawing and redrawing the correct time onto the inside of the clock face, minute by minute. Dutch designer Maarten Baas houses the 12-hour digital performance within brass and bronze bodywork standing over two-metres tall, replacing the traditional internal mechanisms of the classic floor clock design and visually reinforcing the notion of time as a human invention.