![]() ![]() Playing with the idea of unending repetition. I wanted to create a series of scenes and fleeting moments both observed and imagined. I decided I should take more time developing the idea so made the decision not to use it in the Speed Creating project.Įight months later I showed a prototype to the people at Dezeen and they commissioned me to create a collection of these watch sculptures for September. It was during that time that I came up with the idea of attaching figures onto the hands of watches. Last September I undertook a project called Speed Creating (shown at the Anti design festival) where I made a new creative thing each day for 30 days. By attaching tiny figures onto the second and minute hands of each watch, Wilcox has made unique, animated scenes from everyday observations and imagined situations. Watch sculptures: Moments in time by Dominic Wilcoxĭominic Wilcox has created a series of miniature time-based sculptures using a collection of vintage watches and customised model figures. "The numbers and hands of a watch are swept away by a watch sweeper." "A pig tailed girl hides behind a tree from a searching boy."Ībove: Watch sweeper. ![]() "A small girl attempts to stop a butcher chopping up a pig by hanging on his arm while the pig floats away."Ībove: Hide n seek. "That is the title."Ībove: Adventures of a young vegetarian OR Pigs shall fly. "A brief moment to sit."Ībove: A man, engrossed in his iphone, is oblivious to the monkey balanced on the head of a weightlifting boy who stands on the arm of an elderly rollerskater. "The outstretched hand of friendship is continually rejected."Ībove: Rest time. "A hooded youth sprints away with a 42 inch LCD TV while a riot policeman looks on."Ībove: The unrequited handshake. See all our stories about Dominic Wilcox, including coat hooks made from paint-encrusted brushes and a nose-mounted device that allows you to use your smartphone while in the bath.Ībove: London Looter. The watches will be on sale for £500 + VAT = £600 each at Dezeen Space, at 54 Rivington Street, London EC2A 3QN. The series also features a watch with a man so engrossed in his iPhone that he fails to notice an incredible feat of balance and strength occurring right next to him and another with a young girl trying to stop a butcher killing a floating pig.Įach sculpture is a unique piece, based on a vintage watch and protected by a glass dome. I noticed how the police seemed unsure how to react, holding their circular shields while the boy held a rectangular TV." ![]() I remember seeing a boy carrying an LCD TV down a back street. Wilcox says: “I had to walk across Mare Street in Hackney to get home during the riots. The Looter watch was inspired by the recent riots in London, which Wilcox witnessed first hand. The series of seven sculptures, each featuring tiny, hand-crafted figures attached to the watch hands, will be exhibited at Dezeen Space in Shoreditch, London from 17 September to 16 October. ![]()
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