2007, computer, digital counters, aluminium panels, dimensions variable.

Commissioned by the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Ireland

From Here To consists of a large installation of counters that refers to the real time distances the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology on planet Earth is from the other planets of our solar system. These distances are generated by a computer program on a continual basis on individual digital counters placed on the wall in the Library, alongside panels stating the distance referenced to each planet.

All the planets orbit at different speeds depending on their position in relation to the Sun. This creates a constantly changing sequence of numbers in terms of their distance to the Institute on Earth. A person sitting in the Library can glance up and comprehend the digits twinkling in a continual loop of speed and slowness, of distance and nearness as each planet comes in close and then moves away. From the momentary now of the book in hand, to a wider read of one’s place in the larger cosmos.