Time stands still. Time passes. Time defines the balance humanity seeks to establish in modern life. Since the very rejection of time by primitive societies its concept has dramatically changed. Today our concepts of time play an important role in shaping the way in which we live our lives. Our search to understand human existence and the way we perceive the world around us still remains an impenetrable equation. Is this concept of time which we are seeking to define only something dreamt up by humankind? Is it in fact real? Or does it even exist at all?

Philosophers agree that a concept of time is the method of comparing one moment with another, a process that is perhaps nothing more than perception. Without a doubt the perceptions of every mind are unique and they create an entirely different understanding of time. Art by Chance 2010 has set out to explore how the perception of time is unique to every individual and how time can influence the narrative of city life, one of modern man’s greatest challenges.