For her photographic series “World Time Clock,” artist Bettina Pousttchi circumnavigated the globe shooting iconic public clocks in 24 time zones. Eight years in the making, the series is now being shown in its entirety for the first time, at Washington, D.C.’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden through October 2.
Snapped as black-and-white closeups, without any contextual clues, the images serve as a reminder of the interconnectedness of the world. That transnational viewpoint comes readily to Pousttchi, who, born to a German mother and a Persian father, understands what it feels like to be an outsider. “I would say I’m German, but sometimes Germans think I’m not really German,” says the Berlin-based artist, best known for covering building façades with photographic prints.
In her clock series the time is always…
