Gordon Matta‐Clark’s time machines: building cuts under Deleuzian optics (II)

Abstract

Gordon Matta‐Clark made a building cuts series that, due to their artistic nature, were able to generate paracinematic “time‐images” (Gilles Deleuze) in real space. The consequences of this fact are that different temporalities occurred simultaneously in the building intervened artistically by Matta‐Clark through his cuts. Past, present and future related to the place intermingled interchangeably waiting for the building cuts visitor to activate or deactivate combining these temporalities with the movement of his body and his optical and sound perceptions. The buildings altered by Matta‐Clark functioned as "time machines" and the few visitors who could experience them were "time travelers."

Keywords

• gordon matta-clark
• building cuts
• máquinas del tiempo
• imagen-tiempo
• gilles deleuze