Maarten Baas (born in 1978)
The Netherlands, 2009
MDF (Medium Density Fiberboard, cherrywood veneer) varnished, resin, video
Purchased from Maarten Baas courtesy of the patronage of Cercle Design 20/21, 2012
Inv. 2012.6.1
© MAD, Paris / photo : Jean Tholance
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A graduate of the prestigious Design Academy of Eindhoven, Maarten Baas is one of those who disrupt traditional categories. At the Milan Furniture Fair of 2009, he presented Real Time, a series of videos made around counting time, staging actors indicating the time. Arising from this concept, Grandfather Clock is composed of a case and a clockface where a video appears showing a man moving the hands of the clock. The film in this way works as a clock face.