the places between cylindrical bodies; in Race (1995) it runs down on either side, making the viewer ponder which side will be the faster.
The representation of time-keeping turned into something different and more complex later, reversing the above principle. When the medal was moved, an air bubble swimming in oil sank and rose within a given period of time. The technical task to be solved was how to delay the movement of the bubble so that it would suggest the passage of time. The same process in Time-keeper (1995) was produced by a hollow transparent ball ushered along its approximate course by a contraption. In Sensibility (1995) the deceleration of the bubble has a specially important role: appearing unexpectedly at the rim of the medal, it suggests sensibility as well as the passage of time. The problem was solved by a concealed circular bore-hole. Yin-yang (1995) is designed to evoke the idea of perpetual circular motion, which is suggested by a contrary motion. Between the two layers of the composition a steel ball moves in a direction opposed to that of the bubble, their alternation expressing the eternal cycle. All these works suggest that most of life’s phenomena and their unfolding - also in view of the factor of time - could be contradictory in direction and meaning. At the same time, they also point to
the changed relations between man and modern technology. Innumerable threads tie these works to traditional medals but the