The Twin Paradox
03-22.05.2009
Gaëlle Boucand(F), Joan Braun(F) & Noa Giniger(IL) exhibit on the occasion of Gallery Weekend Berlin
The Twin Paradox is a thought experiment in the theory of relativity in which a twin who journeys into space in a high-speed rocket returns home to find he has aged less than his identical twin who stayed on Earth. The paradox is based on the phenomenon of “time dilation” whereby an observer finds that a clock, which is physically identical to his own, is ticking at a slower rate as measured by his own. This is perceived as time “slowing down” for the other clock, but that is only true in the context of the observer’s frame of reference.
This theory is contemplated in six pieces. The Twin Paradox exhibits motion as relative: that time does slow down, reverse, loop or fast-forward in a subjective context. The paradox borders science and fiction.
