Whether by marking its passing or transcending the present Kris Martin's practice questions the notion of time and our desire to comprehend it. His diverse use of the readymade from the antique relic to the highly engineered or more ephemeral and immaterial interventions provoke a space for uncertainty, enquiry and existential reasoning.

His objects and interventions provoke a state of mind - an occasion to consider a situation or predicament - as much as they create a visual experience. During the Berlin Biennale, Martin installed Mandi III (2003), a monochromatic departures board at the back of St. Johannes-Evangelist Church. The work provided no information, instead continuously rotating through blank screens t...