Chromaneum
II is an outdoor exhibition folly built to house the emotive panels
of time which this calendar showcases. The central gallery is based
on the golden section spiral denoting nature and infinity, while the
flanking spaces are derived from a spiral based on the fibonacci sequence
denoting man-made finite origins. The set is minimal to make light,
reflection and refraction the dominating perceptual experience. The
enlarged transparencies, illuminated from the rear by spotlights in
the piers, are sandwiched between glass. They catalogue the strata of
excavations leading to the panels' discovery. The adjacent panels of
time are lit by spotlights inside the reflecting pools. These metal
panels, originating from a ruinous Saqqaran temple, were primed by the
ancients with sacred acids in order to allow them to develop through
interactions with the elements in time. This precursor to modern emulsion
continues to grow deeper with time.