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WGN-TV: ‘The Correct Time’ exhibit showcases broken time pieces
3rd Coast Review: Hundreds of Clocks Show the Beauty and Absurdity of Time in New Design Museum Exhibit
Newcity: It’s About Time: A Review of The Correct Time at the Design Museum of Chicago
July 16 – October 17, 2022
Time is curious. We cannot see, touch, or taste it, yet we experience it through the motion of the sun, reverberation in music, and the changing of seasons. We measure time obsessively, and make it visible through the design of clocks, which convey graphic and information design through form, color, shape, lines, and typography. Clocks also demonstrate personality, foster innovation, and can even highlight power dynamics. Another curious thing about time is that it only moves one direction, forward. This exhibition serves as a reminder that despite our differences, time is one of the things that unites us all.
The Correct Time expands upon an artwork initiated in 1989 by Barbara Koenen collecting 720 donated broken clocks, one for each minute in 12 hours, because even a broken clock is right twice a day!
Contributors include Jerald Aguilar, Emma Arnold, Carlos Avila, Mekhi Baldwin, CW&T, Themal Ellawala, Chris Froeter, Lisa Hunt, Ryan Kindinger, Barbara Koenen, Ruth Lin, Steve Liska, Ken Lo, Kiyomi Negi-Tran, Eddie Opara, Art Paul, Bud Rodecker, Steven Ryan, Alfred C. Sanft, Curt Schreiber, Adrian Shaughnessy, Nidhi Shenoy, David Sieren, Someoddpilot, Alex Sommerville, Erik Spiekermann, Emi Tolibas, Michele Y. Washington, Ben Wiedmaier, Tanner Woodford, and Ariana Wright.
