Authors: Nika Oblak (SI), Primož Novak (SI)
Kinetic video installation, 2023

Tick Tock addresses the issues of time and human freedom in a world dictated by social networks and the ubiquitous human attachment to technology. It problematizes the concept of devices and applications, which are supposed to make our everyday life easier, but at the same time, we seem to have less and less time. Humans measure time since industrialization. With the introduction of the mechanized production process, time also became the norm of efficiency, and efficiency became closely intertwined with progress. As a paradox, focused on making progress efficiently, we notice that we are increasingly trapped in endless processes.

Nika Oblak & Primož Novak have been working as a collective since 2003. Based in Ljubljana, Slovenia, they have exhibited worldwide, in venues like the Sharjah Biennial (UAE), Japan Media Arts Festival, Tokyo (JP), Istanbul Biennial (TR), Transmediale Berlin (DE), FILE Sao Paulo (BR)...

CREDITS:
Co-production: Festival Speculum Artium, Delavski dom Trbovlje, Slovenia

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