Photo made by Gerrit-Jan Huinink

From December 26, 2009 until May 16, 2010, Holland’s Zuiderzee Museum will display work by Dutch artist Maarten Baas.  Recently named Designer of the Year 2009 by Design Miami, Baas showcases his interpretation of time with his project Real Time.

In Real Time, Maarten Baas expresses his perception of time in four film clocks: Grandfather’s Clock, Sweeper’s Clock, Analog Digital Clock, and the Zuiderzee Clock, which he created for the Zuiderzee Museum. Filmed persons take over the function of the hands of a clock and affect the way the time is shown. The project symbolizes the Zuiderzee Museum’s way of thinking with regards to time by combining the timelines of the past and the present, rather than showing history chronologically.  

Zuiderzee Clock
Baas has created the Zuiderzee Clock especially for the Zuiderzee Museum. The clock is part of the exhibition Real Time. The clock will be on show at Design Miami from December 1-5, 2009. You can see how Baas created the clock on YouTube.

About Maarten Baas
The Dutch designer Maarten Baas was trained at the Design Academy Eindhoven. His graduation assignment Smoke, consisting of burnt furniture, was his breakthrough piece and resulted in a nomination for the René Smeets Award and the Melkweg Design Award. Baas presented the work during the Milan designweek in 2003. Design Miami awarded Maarten Baas the prestigious Designer of the Year Award 2009, where he will be honored in December 2009. According to the jury, Baas has made a remarkable contribution to the development of designing. At the same time his enormous powers of imagination and his phenomenal talent are commended. With his project Real Time, Baas has also been nominated for the Dutch Design Award 2009.

About the Zuiderzee Museum (The Museum of Land and Water)
The Zuiderzee Museum, located in Enkhuizen, Netherlands, presents Dutch art, fashion, design and heritage at the interface of land and water. Inside and outside the museum buildings and throughout the year, expositions and events are organized that demonstrate interrelationships between the collection and current developments in the world of art and culture. Contemporary and classical themes are assigned a surprising angle of approach. www.zuiderzeemuseum.nl.