The question of biological time requires us to imagine our bodies in the context of their environments. While we all carry within us an internal clock (or circadian timing system) which has evolved over millennia, our clocks are also constantly in conversation with...
BODY TIME
BODY TIME
We are each timepieces – our bodies carry within them an inner time embedded in our organs and cells. These body clocks are constantly in conversation with our environment through the light we see, the food we eat, and how we move. New research is revealing the extent to which our health is dependent on these biological rhythms remaining in synchronicity – which is often challenging in a modern world which seems to never stop. Regular cycles of sleep and wake, feed and fast, rest and activity are integral to the efficient running of the clocks.
This project takes the science of circadian rhythms as a jumping off point for a wider investigation of time, timing and rhythmicity in health, medicine and scientific practice. We are interdisciplinary in our approach, drawing on insights from history, curatorial practice, science communication, medical humanities and science and technology studies. Body Time is embedded within the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research (CBMR) and the Medical Museion.
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Timeless spaces: Cave experiments in chronobiology
Curating Time
What does time mean to you? Is it the ticking of a clock? The rhythm of a dance? The oscillation of a cell? Still from Time Animals – Isabella Martin, 2021 The prospect of curating a selection of objects and artworks on the theme of ‘time’ for The World is in...
Z-Time Online! Announcing our newest web exhibition
A reflection on curating the Z-time digital exhibition during a COVID 19 lockdown
Z-Time: The art and science of circadian rhythms
We are very excited to announce the launch a new pop-up display in collaboration with artist Isabella Martin called Z-Time: The art and science of circadian rhythms. This new display is an opportunity to share the process of developing a collaborative artwork...
The eternal quest for a good night’s sleep
While world has been gripped in the COVID-19 pandemic, sleep has also been making the headlines. Amid the confusion, uncertainty and sadness, people have also been struggling to sleep or sleeping too much. In particular, sleep researchers are fascinated with the...
Saving the Sunshine: Health, Chronobiology and Daylight Saving Time
As we approach the end of March, many countries around the world from Mongolia to Paraguay to Greenland are preparing to ‘spring forward’ and move the clocks forward an hour. Each year, Daylight Savings Time (DST) brings with it passionate debates about...
Body Time: The rhythms that make us human
If I told you that I studied circadian rhythms, it probably wouldn’t mean very much to you. What about ‘chronobiology’? The biology part is easy enough, the study of living things, but what about ‘chrono’? These scientific names obscure a simple fact about being human...

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