Tzolk’in
Beatriz Cortez
2018
Made in L.A. 2018
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Dates: June 3 – September 2, 2018
Photo by Brian Forrest, courtesy of The Hammer Museum.
Tzolk’in
Beatriz Cortez
2018
Tzolk’in at he Bowtie Project
Los Angeles, California
Dates: June 3 – September 2, 2018
Photo by Gina Clyne, courtesy of Clockshop.
Tzolk’in is a sculpture in two parts located at the Hammer Museum as part of the Made in L.A. 2018 biennial and the The Bowtie Project as a site-specific, independent public art sculpture commissioned by Clockshop. Inspired by the ancient Maya 260-day calendar for agriculture, the gears in this sculpture follow a hypocycloid motion, marking time through a movement that is at once circular and linear. Both sculptures have a similar shape, but are installed in vastly different contexts that each come with their own sets of protections, risks, and opportunities. These locations are symbolic of the different realities that exist simultaneously within our city. In addition, installed in their disparate locations and facing each other twenty miles apart, the sculptures reference the bond that binds two entities of the same kind across space and time.
Tzolk’in is a sculpture in two parts located at the Hammer Museum as part of the Made in L.A. 2018 biennial and the The Bowtie Project as a site-specific, independent public art sculpture commissioned by Clockshop. Inspired by the ancient Maya 260-day calendar for agriculture, the gears in this sculpture follow a hypocycloid motion, marking time through a movement that is at once circular and linear. Both sculptures have a similar shape, but are installed in vastly different contexts that each come with their own sets of protections, risks, and opportunities. These locations are symbolic of the different realities that exist simultaneously within our city. In addition, installed in their disparate locations and facing each other twenty miles apart, the sculptures reference the bond that binds two entities of the same kind across space and time.
Tzolk’in by the Los Angeles river was commissioned by Clockshop for the Bowtie Project, a partnership with California State Parks.
Tzolk’in at Made in L.A. 2018 was created with funding from the Hammer Museum, the Rema Hort Mann Foundation Fellowship, and the Main Museum Artist-in-Residence Program.
Courtesy of the artist and Commonwealth and Council.
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