Objkt of Time
A 150-part post-photographic series in which images built through bodily movement were released daily, then collected or burned after 24 hours.
Objkt of Time turns photographing into a durational, bodily process rather than a single click. Using a custom phone application, Alex May built each image through movement in a specific place, so the final work records time, gesture, and accumulation as much as it records a subject. Churches, interiors, objects, and everyday structures are not simply depicted. They are re-formed as dense image-fields shaped by motion, light, and algorithmic translation.
Its distribution method is part of the meaning. By giving each image a brief public window and destroying what remains uncollected, the series turns viewing into a decision about attention, value, and survival. In May’s wider practice, memory is rarely separate from the systems that store it, and Objkt of Time makes that dependence visible in real time.
Additional notes
- Created with a bespoke phone application designed by the artist.
- Developed as a post-photographic process built through bodily movement and accumulated visual data.
- Released as a series of 150 daily works from 14 May 2025 to 10 October 2025.
- Each work was minted on the Tezos blockchain as a 24-hour open edition.
- Works that were not collected within the edition window were permanently burned.
- Full collection: Objkt of Time on objkt.com.
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