서울시립미술관 SEOUL MUSEUM OF ART

Time Blooms―Anna Ridler delves into the intersection of technology, nature, and art, where critical reflection meets sensorial beauty, and highlights the artist’s research-based practice that has gained recognition for her pioneering use of AI datasets as a medium for creation. The works presented draw inspiration from the 18th-century biologist Carl Linnaeus’s concept of the “flower clock,” telling time through the natural rhythms of plants. Ridler visualizes human-constructed temporal systems, such as the 24-hour day or the calendar year, through the circadian rhythms of flowers that open and shut at specific times. By exploring the relationship between human time and the “nonhuman temporalities” through which other beings perceive and sustain their own cycles, she invites viewers to contemplate alternative ways of understanding the world. This series of works reflect Ridler’s ongoing inquiry as an artist and researcher into the meanings of nature, humanness, perception, and awareness in the digital age.