Tohono Chul: SONORAN HOURGLASS – Ablaze the Brilliant Sun | Reception with the Artists

A day is composed of 24 hours; split in half, the cycle is equal parts day and night, twelve-hour intervals – heralded by the transitional phases of dawn and dusk. The exhibition series SONORAN HOURGLASS will survey how time moves over the Sonoran Desert in the most obvious and subtle of ways – through the air: the light, the temperature, the mood, the pressure – through the landscape: the creatures, the water, the plants, the earth – through the cosmos. Using abstract notions and temporal quotients of past, present, and future, the classic form and function of an hourglass hearkens time’s effect in slow dissolution or methodical accretion, lending a timeless tone and romance to this project. Concentrating on the timeframe of day and all its workings, Ablaze the Brilliant Sun is the second installment in the series, SONORAN HOURGLASS. With live music in Sami’s Courtyard and a cash bar provided by the Garden Bistro.