The watch of cosmic time by Klaus Tesching

About "The watch of cosmic time"

by Klaus Tesching

About the artwork

This impressive picture shows two colossal stone structures that look like open shells. Two gigantic hourglasses are enthroned inside, their glass chambers containing not sand but luminous fragments of stars and galaxies. The space between the two hourglasses seems like a corridor of time, a passageway between the earthly and the cosmic.

The surface of the stone shells is rough and full of cracks, as if they have survived for thousands of years and are witnesses to countless epochs. Their heaviness and monumentality convey an aura of unshakeability and eternity. The hourglasses, on the other hand, radiate with an almost ethereal presence, as if they themselves harbour the pulsating heart of the universe.

In the centre of this scene stands a veiled figure in a dark robe, small yet significant. The person strides carefully towards the hourglasses in an attitude that expresses both reverence and determination. The surrounding landscape, barren and vast, is lined with mountains that stretch to the horizon, emphasising the immensity of the scene.

The sky, covered in soft clouds, carries the colours of a clear morning, while the light makes the galaxies in the hourglasses sparkle. This work is a powerful symbol of the fragility and flow of time and invites the viewer to reflect on the connection between space, time and humanity. A scene that silently calls out: what does time really mean when it carries the universe within it?

Conceived by Klaus Tesching, visualized with AI.