Signed
Time A-1 Base Circuit Diagram
Limited Editions of 35 / Signed & Numbered / Framed, Shipping include
In December 1987, Tatsuo Miyajima announced his three core concepts: “Keep Changing,” “Connect with Everything,” and “Continue Forever.”
In the following year, upon receiving an invitation from the Hara Museum to participate in the Hara Annual exhibition, he developed an element to embody these concepts: a “gadget” that continuously measures time using LEDs (never displaying zero). To design it, Miyajima studied electronic circuitry on his own, and the resulting schematic drawing is presented here.
At the time, the circuit boards were manufactured at a factory in Machida, Tokyo, based on this drawing. However, due to financial constraints, all components were assembled and mounted by Miyajima himself.
- Year
- 2025
- Medium
- Archival Pigment Print
- Sheet Size
- 670 x 620 mm
- Editions
- 35
Tatsuo MIYAJIMA
宮島達男
Born in Tokyo in 1957. Completed postgraduate studies at Tokyo University of the Arts in 1986. Since his debut in Aperto ’88 at the Venice Biennale, he has been recognized as one of Japan’s foremost contemporary artists and has exhibited widely in Japan and internationally.
He represented Japan at the Venice Biennale in 1999 and has held major solo exhibitions at leading institutions including Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art (1990), Hayward Gallery, London (1997), Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery (2000), Art Sonje Center, Seoul (2002), Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Roma (2004), Art Tower Mito (2008), and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (2016). His works are held in the collections of Tate, London; Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich; the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo; among others. He has also realized large-scale public art commissions such as for TV Asahi at Roppongi Hills, Benesse Art Site Naoshima, Tokyo Opera City, and Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul.
Publications of Tatsuo MIYAJIMA
