Room IV / Accumulation
Palimpsest Clock
Exact local time
The current minute draws a bright geometric trace over the eroded remains of the previous sixty. Older traces contract, break, and dim.
Construction
Current trace, recent traces, and eroded archive differ in weight, dashes, scale, and brightness. Color is an additional cue, not the only one.
How to read it
The brightest unbroken line is this minute. Its gold drawing head advances with seconds. Every weaker trace records an earlier minute.
At midnight
The day's dense drawing clears gradually during the first new minute, opening space for another accumulation.