Warden of this Moon!

What infernos doom fond whim to reason?

What inner moods of faith soon drown me?

I fathom no wonders, own no shard of time:

from now on death is no minter of shadow.

Moons fade in worth with dreams of noon.

————— ‘The Moons of Darwin’ is a series of 24 collages, each depicting an abstract skyscape, whose palette corresponds to one of the hours of either daytime or evening, experienced in the tropical environs of Darwin, Australia. Christian Bök has produced the entire series of works, as an exercise over the course of 24 hours, beginning the creation of each work upon the hour (starting at 2:00 AM on 23 Oct 2022), applying as many triangles as possible to a pasteboard, then abandoning the collage after 60 minutes, moving onto the next work, without cessation, until he has completed the whole daily cycle. Bök has exhibited these works at the Northern Centre of Contemporary Art (NCCA) in Darwin for the artshow: ‘24HR Art’ (24 Nov – 17 Dec 2022).

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Physical versions of these artworks remain available for purchase at the Umlaut Machine: https://www.umlautmachine.net/galleria/the-moons-of-darwin

Christian Bök is the author of ‘Eunoia,’ the bestselling winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize.