Time Printing Machine
(installation, arduino, thermal printer, receipt paper)


The installation is ideally on for 24 hours, the printer is printing time in “hour; minute; second” for 24 hours. The project is physicalizing the measurement of time and invite people to physically experience the time. By watching the time printed, the audience can feel the time passed in a different sense. The printer works like a clock, but also transform the time onto the paper, which can be stored. The project aims to investigate the interaction between human and the measurement of time and also, the concept of storage of time.







Installation at DDA Gallery - documentation 

time printing machine from zoe li on Vimeo.



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