yesterday - the readers
Amsterdam - Stedelijk Museum - One Million Years - On Kawara
Presented as part of the Temporary Stedelijk is a related work, a 20-volume collection of books consisting entirely of dates, divided into two parts that together span approximately two million years. One Million Years (Past) begins with the year 998,031 B.C. and ends in 1969, the year it was made, while One Million Years (Future) counts into the future from 1996 to the year 1,001,995. The subtitle of One Million Years (Past) is “For all those who have lived and died.” The books are intended to be read aloud by two people, a man and a woman. Since 1993, these readings have taken place all over the world.
yesterday - the readers
Amsterdam - Stedelijk Museum - One Million Years - On Kawara
Presented as part of the Temporary Stedelijk is a related work, a 20-volume collection of books consisting entirely of dates, divided into two parts that together span approximately two million years. One Million Years (Past) begins with the year 998,031 B.C. and ends in 1969, the year it was made, while One Million Years (Future) counts into the future from 1996 to the year 1,001,995. The subtitle of One Million Years (Past) is “For all those who have lived and died.” The books are intended to be read aloud by two people, a man and a woman. Since 1993, these readings have taken place all over the world.