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Reader Submitted: The President Clock Keeps Track of Time Left in a Four Year Presidential Term… Very, Very Slowly

The President Clock is a new project by Los Angeles artist and designer Nicholas Hanna. It marks the term of the U.S. President with a custom designed time mechanism that slowly rotates the single hand of the clock over a period of 4 years.

Whether you think time is on your side, or the clock is ticking, we have four years together. The President Clock is a special “slow” clock by artist Nicholas Hanna that uses a custom engineered time mechanism to rotate the hand of the clock slowly over four years.

You will not perceive the hand of the clock moving when you look at it. Only as time passes, will you notice the hand slowly change position around the face of the clock. The clock is not a countdown, but rather a companion to help mark your own awareness over the next four years.

The experience of living with a “slow” clock is unique, because it gives you an external reference point to become conscious of your own passage through time. It gives you an index into a period of time that is difficult to contemplate. We live day by day, and The President Clock is a useful prompt to apprehend a longer span of time.