This piece is called Duodecimal Vigil. It’s twelve clock dials laid out like a page from a field notebook, each one a “passage” on the way toward the meaning of 12. Across the passages, the hour hand advances one hour at a time, from 1:00 to 12:00. The minute hand never moves and always points at 12, as if it’s searching. In the final dial, the two hands finally meet. Inside each dial is a different way of looking at twelve. Passage III draws a {12/5} star, which is the circle of fifths behind the 12 musical semitones. Passage IV is a set of rings divided by 12’s divisors (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12). Passages V–VII inscribe triangles, squares, and hexagons, since 12 breaks into each of them. Passage IX splits the circle into twelve months sized by their actual lengths in days. Passage X arranges twelve overlapping circles as petals. After that, things dissolve. Passage XI erodes, and Passage XII is nearly empty: one tick, both hands aligned, and the single red origin mark. That red dot is the only color on the page, and it sits above every dial.
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