T
rilobe’s intention is that we should stop “chasing after seconds” and become more attuned to the world around us. Indeed, Le Temps Retrouvé calls on all five senses. Hearing, with the sculpture’s mechanical heartbeat that recalls our own. Touch, with the coolness of the surface, gently warmed by the sculpture’s breath. Sight, because the sculpture’s eyes – your eyes? – move to indicate the minutes while the temples open to count the hours in silent motion. Smell, as a separate mechanism distils a bespoke fragrance into the air. And taste, that of Marcel Proust’s madeleine, the taste of time regained…
