Finalist: Kalyani Jayant Tupkary
Parsons School of Design, 2020

Website: https://www.kalyanitupkary.com/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kalyanitupkary/

Time is malleable. Clocks are simply one of the many timekeeping tools. But these tools are not neutral. Nor are they mere depictions of time. Instead, they are products of a biased perspective. We use them to measure time but more importantly, we use them to generate values. Today, our clocks support 'smart' scheduling, planning, syncing, to-do lists and progress tracking. In doing so, they continue promoting dominant temporal narratives of acceleration and time saving while cementing the logic of productivity. This singular western understanding of time as an external linear resource comes at the expense of 'other' ways of understanding and occupying time.

Chronographer's Workshop is a research and curatorial platform engaged in theoretical reflection and creative experimentation that investigates the loss of time pluralism. It responds to this hegemonic definition of time by developing alternate timekeepers that embody diverse ways of occupying time. It is a pursuit to unlearn our sense of time and learn new ways of perceiving time. In this workshop, time exists. It gives everything its existence, but it does not tick.