A sculpture for Alcatel, made of fiber optic.

Alainpers creates the 12 directions of time.

Does time have a direction? This is what this work seems to suggest. A series of cables made of fiber optic combine to create a column that is 11 meters high. Twelve glass arrows go trough the column, marking the hours in different directions. Minutes are represented by a point of light which moves up each arrow until it reaches the top. When it does, the hour has gone, and it is up to the next arrow to become animated and follow a similar way.

A sculpture of time and light

Like this, along this ladder, time takes shape, runs and reaches its goal only to reborn again and continue its endless race. Location: Alcatel Headquarters, 54 rue de la Boetie, Paris, France. Installation: 1998.