Francesco Arena
8 Arms with Times, 2018Bronze, analog magnetic musicassette tape178.5 × 10 × 1 cm (70 9⁄32 × 3 15⁄16 × 3⁄8 inches)
Four elements in white bronze in the shape of a double L with an internal measurement of 177 cm (equal to the maximum opening of the artist’s arms) each containing a piece of audio tape.
One element contains 177 cm of audio tape, as much as the length of the artist’s open arms, and equal to 37 seconds of time. Another contains 285.6 cm, equal to one minute of time. 480.76 cm equal to 1 minute and 41 seconds (the time taken by a writer friend to read “In Memory of WB Yeats” by W. H. Auden). Another 1,299.5 cm equal to 4 minutes and 33 seconds (the duration of 4.33 by John Cage).
