Ryan Trecartin & Lizzie Fitch

The Triennale di Milano organisied and produced the TIMER contemporary art project

Features Ryan Trecartin

Timer investigates the inner self in the new social context that has arisen in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers. Consequently, it also looks at the relationship with transcendence, considered on both the individual and social level. The first edition, comprising more than eighty artists from around the world, highlights the emotional trauma in the West following 9/11 and the critical factors that have radically changed the individual’s relationship to society. This transformation in social relations manifests itself in subtle ways in artistic language and themes, which have nonetheless been deeply affected by this watershed event for the World Order.