CLANDESTINA

em·pa·thy /ˈempəTHē/

noun

1. the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.

EMPATHY TIME is an art installation that proposes time as a common place. The premise invites the public to interact with The Betsy Orb as a visual utterance; a pause for shelter. The light, the color, the rhythm, and the shape articulate a mantra. The exercise can be shared with the collective or can be addressed as an individual process, in the context of the public space or guided virtually.

The installation is composed by an 8 minute and 46 second loop projection along with a transition programmed through LED lights.

Dedicated to George Floyd and to life as a common place.

November 26 through December 31, from 7 pm to 1 am. Visitors are able access a series of materials, including guided meditations, through a QR code located at the neighboring walls of The Orb.

“On May 29, the Hennepin County attorney, Mike Freeman, announced thirddegree murder and second-degree manslaughter charges against Derek Chauvin, the officer seen most clearly in witness videos pinning Mr. Floyd to the ground. Mr. Chauvin, who is white, kept his knee on Mr. Floyd’s neck for at least eight minutes and 15 seconds, according to a Times analysis of timestamped video. Our video investigation shows that Mr. Chauvin did not remove his knee even after Mr. Floyd lost consciousness and for a full minute and 20 seconds after paramedics arrived at the scene. On June 18, the Hennepin County attorney’s office said that its criminal complaint misstated the amount of time Mr. Chauvin kept his knee on Mr. Floyd’s neck. The complaint originally said that Mr. Chauvin had done so for eight minutes and 46 seconds, a length of time that became a symbol and rallying cry for protesters.”

The New York Times By Evan Hill, Ainara Tiefenthäler, Christiaan Triebert, Drew Jordan, Haley Willis and Robin Stein

• Published May 31, 2020 (Updated Aug. 13, 2020)