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Part 3. The Untimely Clock: Photography as pastime

A Copal flip clock is made into a camera. Each number flap would be covered in photographic paper, turning the flaps into individual 
image-capturing surfaces. Due to the mechanism of the clock, different digits of the clock would flip with different frequencies, with different exposure times. 

The clock-camera is ideally exposed for 12/24 hour, where the final set of images, laid out chronologically, would be a non-linear documentation of that period of time and space. The integers on the flap would also be imprinted on the image during the exposure, emphasising on the indexicality of each image.
1. Adaptation of a Time Measuring Device into a Photographic Apparatus

COPAL Flip Clock
Model. QG-872, 1970s
Number flaps fitted with 
Ilford Multigrade IVRC Gloss Deluxe Photographic Paper










Chong disassemble flaps from the clock 
Rotational axes which ressemble 120 and 135 film spools 
Modelling a light proof chamber in Rhinoceros 3D
Putting the parts together for the first time
2. 13 Door Viewer Sample Units from A&H Brass


Attaching unexposed photopaper to each number flap
Looking through the door viewer samples
3. Kawara’s Clock in Operation

Fuji Fujinon SW D 75mm F5.6
Mounted on SLS 3D Printed Chamber,
Cured in resin light-proofed with Ronseal
Black Weatherproof Paint
Fitted on COPAL Flip Clock
Model. QG-872, 1970s
Equipped with Modified Nikonos VF-12 Underwater
Optical Viewfinder
Attempt #1: Forgot to remove internal lens cap resulting in unexposed papers 
Arranging the exposed photopapers
4. Prints from Kawara’s Clock

Exposure of the 9-hour performance in Studio
9am - 6pm
Shot on Ilford Multigrade IVRC Gloss Deluxe Photographic Paper




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