Stockholm, Sweden-based design studio Humans Since 1982 hijacks the original intent of trivial objects, transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary. Their larger projects and decor — with the latter being essentially kinetic art sculptures — see the collective experimenting with clocks, lighting, looped video, code and more in order to create wholly captivating exhibitions and works of art.
The brainchild of German-born Bastian Bischoff, Swedish-born Per Emanuelsson and Australian engineer David Cox, Humans Since 1982 was founded in 2009 in Stockholm, Sweden.
Bischoff and Emanuelsson met while studying art, engineering and graphic design at the University of Gothenburg. They found they shared an interest in technology and how humans interact with it in the modern world.
One of the group’s first projects was The Clock Clock, an effort to subvert clocks so that a collection of them is treated as a single art object, with the devices' hands spinning dutifully to display dazzling abstract patterns. The firm’s equally mesmerizing A Million Times series also subverts the traditional functions of timepieces, as hands of multiple analog clocks programmatically spin individually to yield similarly provocative abstract visuals.
In 2014, the Changi Airport Group in Singapore contracted Humans Since 1982 to design a large timepiece. The result was the creation of a massive kinetic sculpture. Comprising more than 500 wall clocks, A Million Times at Changi is the world’s largest clock installation and is a breathtaking work of art. It’s also a functioning clock.
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In stock ClockClock 24 Black with Golden Hands by Humans Since 1982
By Humans Since 1982
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
ClockClock 24 is both a kinetic sculpture and a functioning wall clock. It has been a signature piece of Humans since 1982 since it was first launched in 2016. The individual clock h...
Composition, Gold Plate
ClockClock 24 'Grey' Kinetic Wall Sculpture by Humans Since 1982
By Humans Since 1982
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Time is constant, yet eeting. No sooner has one moment arrived than it’s gone again. And yet, we want to capture it before it passes. Clocks have always been a way to frame the prese...
Cast Stone
ClockClock 24 Golden Hands 'White', Wall Sculpture by Humans Since 1982
By Humans Since 1982
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Time is constant, yet eeting. No sooner has one moment arrived than it’s gone again. And yet, we want to capture it before it passes. Clocks have always been a way to frame the prese...
Cast Stone
$1,675
H 20.87 in W 17.33 in D 11.42 in
Antique Black Forest Carved Cuckoo Clock with Stag Head on Top
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Large Antique Black Forest Carved Cuckoo Clock with Stag Head A large handcarved wooden cuckoo clock, decorated with hunting accessoires, oak leaves, hare, pheasant and a stag head ...
Wood
$2,400 / item
H 30 in W 48 in D 1 in
48"x30" Ceramic & Fiber Wall Sculpture in White, Grey, Tan w/ Cotton Fringe
By Karen Gayle Tinney
Located in Proctorsville, VT
Four panel wall sculpture that measures 48" x 30". Hand formed ceramic pieces in unglazed white stoneware. Pictured with cotton and tencel fringe detailing in white, grey and tan. Ha...
Ceramic, Cotton
$1,800 / item
H 24 in W 36 in D 1 in
36" x 24" Handmade Ceramic & Fiber Wall Sculpture - Unglazed Stoneware w/ Fringe
By Karen Gayle Tinney
Located in Proctorsville, VT
Variations in size and color of this design are available upon request. Three panel wall sculpture. Hand formed ceramic pieces in unglazed white stoneware. Pictured with cotton and ...
Ceramic, Cotton
Jean-Michel Basquiat The Paris Review, 1982 (Basquiat Tuxedo)
By (after) Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat The Paris Review: 1982 The Paris Review book, featuring an interior spread of Jean-Michel Basquiat's "Tuxedo" (1982). Imagery features 8 detailed segments of thi...
Paper
Mocap 'Discodip' Illusionistic Wall Clock
Located in Maastricht, NL
Mocap 'Discodip' illusionistic wall clock design: JAN PAUL “Time is an illusion” Most wall-clocks have the same basic shape: round. Also the ...
Metal
$3,000 / item
H 30 in W 60 in D 1 in
60" x 30" Ceramic & Fiber Wall Sculpture in White, Grey, & Tan w/ Cotton Fringe
By Karen Gayle Tinney
Located in Proctorsville, VT
Five panel wall sculpture. Hand formed ceramic pieces in unglazed white stoneware. Pictured with cotton fringe detailing in white, grey and tan. Hanging wire is included on each pane...
Ceramic, Cotton
Hand Painted Sun and Moon Sculpture / Wall Hanging
Located in San Diego, CA
A very well done hand painted sun and moon sculpture / wall hanging, circa 1990s. The piece is 11" in diameter and depicts a happy sun and moon with a smiling face. It is made of ter...
Pottery, Terracotta
$1,801
H 11.62 in W 7.68 in D 0.6 in
Roger Capron Wall Mounted Ceramic Clock, Signed, Circa 1960, France
By Roger Capron
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Roger Capron wall mounted ceramic clock, circa 1960. By Roger Capron, signed. (France). In original condition with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving a beautiful pa...
Ceramic
'Three Layers of Celadon' by Nicolas Makelberge, 24.5 x 18 in
Located in PRAHA 7, CZ
“I try to make a blank canvas as beautiful as I possibly can, which isn't easy as there are few things as beautiful as a blank canvas” ABOUT THE ARTIST: Nicolas Makelberge (b.1976) ...
Paint, Paper
"Black Male Nude with Sculpture" by Mark Allen Isaacson
By Mark Allen Isaacson
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This large and important portrait contrasts a modern African American male nude with two other figures in an artist's studio: a life-size pl...
Canvas
$4,000Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 32.4 in W 24.2 in D 2.7 in
Contemporary Abstract Wall Sculpture in Resin and Stone – No. 24 by Marcela Cure
Located in Barranquilla, Atlántico
A female torso sculpture wall art piece that calls on references of Renaissance paintings and academic ceramic sculptures. This female body piece explores historic interpretations o...
Stone
Keith Haring The Paris Review, 1982 'Vintage Keith Haring'
By Keith Haring
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Keith Haring The Paris Review: 1982 The Paris Review book, with original cover design by Keith Haring. Offset lithograph on double sided art book. Measures approximately: 5.5 x 9 inches; soft cover. Approximately 50pgs. Minor age related wear; in otherwise very good overall vintage condition. 1st edition, 1st printing 1982. Unsigned from an edition of unknown. Highly collectible. Related categories: Keith Haring 1982. Keith Haring book...
Paper
In stock Clockclock 24 White by Humans since 1982, Wall Clock
By Humans Since 1982
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
ClockClock 24 is both a kinetic sculpture and a functioning wall clock. It has been a signature piece of Humans since 1982 since it was first launched in 2016. The individual clock h...
Corian
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H 15.75 in W 35.44 in D 1.5 in
ClockClock 24 Golden Hands 'Black', Wall Sculpture by Humans Since 1982
By Humans Since 1982
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Time is constant, yet eeting. No sooner has one moment arrived than it’s gone again. And yet, we want to capture it before it passes. Clocks have always been a way to frame the prese...
Cast Stone
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H 15.75 in W 35.44 in D 1.5 in
In stock ClockClock 24 White with Golden Hands by Humans Since 1982
By Humans Since 1982
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
ClockClock 24 is both a kinetic sculpture and a functioning wall clock. It has been a signature piece of Humans since 1982 since it was first launched in 2016. The individual clock h...
Composition, Gold Plate
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H 15.75 in W 35.44 in D 1.5 in
ClockClock 24 Black by Humans since 1982, Kinetic Sculpture, Wall Clock
By Humans Since 1982
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
ClockClock 24 is both a kinetic sculpture and a functioning wall clock. It has been a signature piece of Humans since 1982 since it was first launched in 2016. The individual clock h...
Corian
Clockclock 24 White by Humans since 1982, Wall Clock
By Humans Since 1982
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
ClockClock 24 is both a kinetic sculpture and a functioning wall clock. It has been a signature piece of Humans since 1982 since it was first launched in 2016. The individual clock h...
Corian
Sold
H 35.83 in W 87.01 in D 2.37 in
Million Times 96 Aluminium White Unique Wall Clock by Humans Since 1982
By Humans Since 1982
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Perhaps Humans since 1982s most well known work, A million times is both a Kinetic sculpture and a functioning clock. Developed from their design of the ...
Aluminum
ClockClock 24 'Black' Kinetic Wall Sculpture by Humans Since 1982
By Humans Since 1982
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Time is constant, yet eeting. No sooner has one moment arrived that it’s gone again. And yet, we want to capture it before it passes. Clocks have always been a way to frame the prese...
Cast Stone
ClockClock 24 Golden Hands - White
By Humans Since 1982
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
The idea for ClockClock 24 comes from a sculpture by the artist duo Humans since 1982. In 2008, the Swedish/German duo started experimenting with graphic compositions that displayed ...
Gold