Time Crystal

2019-2021

Embossed paper

(139.7 x 71.1 cm)

The Time Crystal project represents the cosmic microwave background made from the oldest melody written in cuneiform, the Hurrian songs. The artist copied and retouched on his computer the 372 symbols from the original clay tablet. The symbols were then duplicated and arranged to suggest the primordial Big Bang explosion. Each of these symbols has been laser engraved on an acrylic plaque. Paper pulp was then poured over the acrylic mold and into the recesses of the symbols, creating the emboss. With Time Crystal, the first moments of the universe meet the Hurrian songs, the first music ever written (over 3,400 years ago), a prelude to the occidental civilization.