TIMELIGHT → ILA Adelaide

 Internationally renowned Berlin-based artists, Flora&Fauna Visions have been presenting the world premiere of their work ‘TIMELIGHT: Beyond Our Ticking World’ at ILA Adelaide. ‘TIMELIGHT’ is an abstract immersive digital art piece that asks us to reflect on our relationship with time, and the ways in which we interact with it.  

Upon stepping inside, you are plunged into the digital landscape. Impressively,  work is shown on 100sqm of LED screens. The largest one is curved at the center, immersing you in a panoramic view of the visual scenes. 


Running for 25 mins, TIMELIGHT begins by throwing you up into the universe, pausing time as the narration reflects on its meaning. You are then bought back to earth, seemingly placed inside a clock as the screens fill with cogs and the room fills with fast ticking sounds. This frantic, and perhaps most common understanding of time is then warped towards its peaceful conclusion. Time slows to a pause, and you are asked to reconnect to the earth in a poignant reminder of nature's power as a signal of time. 


What I loved most, is that the piece asks ‘what if time is something we can play with?’ There are multiple segments throughout the work that ask viewers to play, move and bend the visuals by touching the screens. Your interaction with the screens propels the concepts being explored by encouraging you to bend, spin and re-build time. You feel like a curious child again, and cannot help but get lost in seeing what your touch does to the work. 


At the exit, you are asked to contribute to the wall of reflections on your own relationship with time. For me, the work stirred up reflections to consider that time is beyond what’s on a clock itself, and rather a product of our perceptions. In a space that is completely digital, ironically the closing scenes explore humanity’s impact on nature over time. This conclusion also encourages us to consider places in our natural world where time slows, stressing the importance of conserving such places. 


It is through immersive arts pieces like this that offer a unique form of escapism, no matter your age, there’s something to be gained from the experience!


TIMELIGHT's final showing is on the 26th October

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