“TIME DEBUGGER”
A SOLO EXHIBITION BY ELDWIN PRADIPTA
Eldwin Pradipta’s Time Debugger exhibition explores the complex relationship between humans and the digital world. Since early 2020, Eldwin has been involved in creating custom programs using basic programming languages, while also integrating various sensory devices into his work. This led him to fundamental questions: how do sensory devices work in machines or computers, and how similar is their function to human senses? Through his observations, he realized that machines, computers, have the potential to evolve their own ways of thinking and sensing.
Humans, who create digital technology, are also responsible for operating and understanding how these digital systems function. However, this work is not merely about technology but also how humans measure and perceive time. In essence, humans ‘create time’ in the sense that they establish measurements for it, although time itself was created by the universe.
Time Debugger invites the audience to reflect on the relationship between humans, technology, and time, and how all these elements interact and influence one another in modern life.
In latest series of work, Eldwin is using the exhibition text as main subject of the works. Text is often seen as a guide to help viewers interpret, but it can also limit or predetermine the experience, placing a boundary on open-ended engagement. As our understanding of art grows, the reliance on written descriptions becomes obsolete, confining the viewer’s freedom to form personal connections and meanings.
The projections in this Text series slowly fade, erasing the text that initially seeks to define the work. This fading process reflects the diminishing relevance of prescriptive explanations, inviting viewers to trust their own perceptions and interpretations. The artwork becomes a dialogue between what is written and what is felt, encouraging a more fluid, intuitive engagement with art.
In Beauty is in the Eye of the Debugger series, Eldwin presents an interactive artwork where the audience plays a direct role in influencing the final output. The visuals displayed are derived from real-time data captured by a camera module, offering an experience of seeing the world from a computer’s perspective. A computer “sees” the world as a collection of pixels, each contain specific color information that can be understood through data and codes.
This visual represents reality for machines, but humans may perceive it differently.
Eldwin explores the concept of everyday time measured in unconventional ways. For example, cigarettes often serve as a time marker for humans. After 12 years of working with time as a medium in video and moving images, Eldwin feels that time is not something absolute but a dimension that can change and be shaped according to context.
The titles of this series references the quote “Everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes,” often attributed to Andy Warhol. This quote reflects how modern media gives anyone the opportunity to gain attention, even from the simplest things in life. However, like fame, such attention is fleeting and quickly fades in the rapid flow of information in today’s digital era.
Rachel Gallery
September 28 – October 28, 2024
