The Long Now

Australia, 2022

Artwork ACMI commissions On display

There is a giant clock ringing deep inside a mountain in the belly of the Sierra Diablo Ranges - The land of the Devil. It is a huge clock, hundreds of feet tall, designed to tick for 10,000 years. The mountain in which the clock resides is privately owned by Jeff Bezos. Programmed never to chime the same melody twice, its anyone’s guess how many beautiful songs will never be heard over the clock’s 10 millennial lifespan. Xanthe Dobbie’s new experimental desktop performance ponders the human urge to seek immortality. Featuring original epic hero Gilgamesh and the disembodied deep fake voice of Alan Rickman, The Long Now collapses histories, illuminating ancient and contemporary myth-making practices.

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Previously on display

3 October 2022

Xanthe Dobbie

Credits

artist

Xanthe Dobbie

Duration

00:11:38:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
2022

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

Z000197

Subject category

Digital Art

Curatorial section

Gallery 5

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Object Types

Artwork

Digital

Materials

Single channel artwork

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