Time : Takes : Time

Time Takes Time aims to combine diverse intimate feelings and subjective relations to the city of Athens through the lens of printed matter as to let waves of resonance emerge between alternative but complementary processes of work.

Time Takes Time connected Greek and international artists and designers for a moment of co-creation within various workshops and print studios around the city of Athens. It takes place within strong local-global interconnections and seeks to weave between them a relationship and a possibility for tuning-in. Time Takes Time operates as a creolization of points of view, techniques, skills, and imaginaries, not to be seen as distinct entities. It merges layers of technologies from print ambrotypes, fax machine thermal ribbon, up to 3d printing and algorithm data poetry. Time Takes Time aims to combine diverse intimate feelings and subjective relations to the city of Athens through the lens of printed matter as to let waves of resonance emerge between alternative but complementary processes of work. Time Takes Time organised city walks through its interconnected workshops and spaces as to allow the various processes to be experienced by the public.

We did a “Boîte-en-valise” in form of a tombstone hosting (or engraving) all the original outputs of the Time Takes Time collective. After the originals we have composed a Typical questionary that was filled out in complete freedom by the involved participants. The filled in questionaries became an off-spring edition speaking of the process more that of the outcomes of Time Takes Time. TP Times New Solar a typography we did design from the event is making a reference to early time keeping devises and seemed to underline in our perspective the process based effort.