Concentration Phase

The first peak of the day is the Concentration Phase. It is one of the longest phases, with a duration of approximately three to five hours. During this period, the body is at its peak with regard to concentration, short-term memory, and logical reasoning, aligning with a peak in the hormone cortisol. The heart rate and blood pressure are at their maximum. The body position might vary over the course of the phase, changing from active positions of walking and standing to sitting still. Concerning the light, it is at its brightest stage, in full spectrum—this is comparable with the path of the sun through the course of the day, which is at its highest point.

Fri 17.00 to 00.00 & Sat 09.00 to 17.00 | Interactive Installation - A Room for a Pinoleptic, Nayan Kulkarni
This installation invites the audience to engage directly with the anti-circadian effects of surveillance systems, the logics of hand-held personal live broadcast technologies, artificial light and media imaging systems. Caught in the spatial play between projection, image production and performance, we become complicit in the spectacle of media driven urbanism, enjoying the moments when we only appear to have an effect.

Fri 17.00 to 00.00 & Sat 09.00 to 17.00 | Interactive Installation - Beholder - United Visual Artists, 2019, VR Commissioned by BOM
Beholder continues UVA’s investigations into our perception of time and the relativity of our experiences. It centres around the wonder of everyday phenomena as seen through autistic perspectives, inviting us to re-evaluate our perception of beauty.

Sat 10.00 to 11.00 | Sound Piece - Composition 02, Ronnie Deelen & Piotr Ceglarek
Defining a time system based on self-set rules, Ronnie & Piotr endeavour to deprive the listener of a sense of time. Their sound work slowly evolves, its repetition creating complex layered structures & leaving listeners to tune into their own association with sound and sense of rhythm.

Sat 11.00 to 12.00 | Talk – Body clock/s in a 24/7 world, Debra Skene, Professor
How does your body tell the time? What effect does our modern 24/7 lifestyle have on your body clocks? Is there a way to better live according to your body clock time?

These questions will be discussed by introducing the audience to the circadian timing system and how this is regulated by external time cues. The consequences of circadian misalignment, as for example seen in shift workers, will be discussed, as well as ways to encourage better health.

Sat 12.00 to 14.00 | Sound Piece - Composition 03, Ronnie Deelen & Piotr Ceglarek
Defining a time system based on self-set rules, Ronnie & Piotr endeavour to deprive the listener of a sense of time. Their sound work slowly evolves, its repetition creating complex layered structures & leaving listeners to tune into their own association with sound and sense of rhythm.