39 Minutes & 35 Seconds - JDW22
According to various expert estimates, the day will come when humans will have to find more habitable planets. Using current available technologies, the planet most accessible to research is the one closest to us, Mars.
Due to number of factors that affect the length of the day, the day on Mars is 40 minutes longer than an Earth day. More precisely, 39 minutes and 35 seconds. Therefore, with every day that goes by, the gap between the current time in both planets is increasing. From the time the two planets are synchronized, it will take 37 days for the times to be synchronized again.
Thinking of the day when people will be living on both Planet Earth and Mars, we offer a glimpse to the future. A clock that displays the time in both planets at the same time, and allows the viewer to be in both places at the same time.
A project with Gal Sharir
Commissioned by Jerusalem Design Week, 2022.
According to various expert estimates, the day will come when humans will have to find more habitable planets. Using current available technologies, the planet most accessible to research is the one closest to us, Mars.
Due to number of factors that affect the length of the day, the day on Mars is 40 minutes longer than an Earth day. More precisely, 39 minutes and 35 seconds. Therefore, with every day that goes by, the gap between the current time in both planets is increasing. From the time the two planets are synchronized, it will take 37 days for the times to be synchronized again.
Thinking of the day when people will be living on both Planet Earth and Mars, we offer a glimpse to the future. A clock that displays the time in both planets at the same time, and allows the viewer to be in both places at the same time.
A project with Gal Sharir
Commissioned by Jerusalem Design Week, 2022.
