WILD CHRONOMETRY

at a river oxbow in Montana, a sculptural water clock for nature-based timekeeping

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So much of our world is determined by the ticking away of clock time. What if, instead, we looked to the tree rings to tell time, to which species are dormant and which in bloom?At an oxbow on one of the largest rivers in North America, surrounded by a pristine canyon with volcanic rock formations beyond, we envision a clock that tracks the flow of water over days and years, reminding drifters-by of wilder, primordial, ways of telling time.