The Flower Clock at the Rauma Museum
One of the featured art exhibits at the Rauma Museum in Finland during their Flower Power (Rauma Biennale Balticum 2008) art festival is the Flower Clock by artist Bjorn O. Olsson. The concept is based on the Flower Clock Phenomenon (Horologium Florae) which was according to the observations of Carl von Linne during the mid-18th century, wherein plants react to light as precisely as a clock ticks every second.
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During our visit at the museum, we were in such a hurry so I wasn’t able to truly appreciate the concept behind the plant’s shadows being projected on the screen. Looking closely, one can see the plant’s vase mounted on a rotating axis in the cube. For a day, the revolving plant makes one cycle. The shadows projected to the screen indicate the detail in the movements of the plant’s leaves throughout the day just as a sundial changes the shadows it casts as time passes by.
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Very interesting, the plant looks edible. I strongly believe somebody should invent a miniature version of this plant holder with screen thing, as in going back to basics watch-amacallit. Oh di ba, bongga. I suggest it should be a headpiece.
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He he, if there’s a miniature version of this plant, would you buy one? I think the artist projected it to a bigger screen so the slight movement of the plant can be detected.
Looking at the clock is like an invitation to contemplation actually. The plant turns sooo slowly, one tends to be drawn to its unhurried pace, in contrast to our busyness of today.