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  "path": "/26/04/the-peoples-clock",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-16T13:45:00.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "Real",
    "Time",
    "The People’s Clock",
    "moving as the clock’s hands",
    "behind-the-scenes video",
    "Sweeper’s Clock",
    "Schiphol Clock",
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  "textContent": "As part of his Real Time series, artist Maarten Baas has created The People’s Clock, a timepiece that lives in Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport. To create the clock’s “workings”, Baas recorded more than 1000 volunteers moving as the clock’s hands over a 12-hour period. If you look carefully, you can see a single individual dressed in orange at the edge of the circle acting as the second hand:\n\nEach of the installed clock’s faces is a looped video of that recording, synced to the current time. Here’s a quick behind-the-scenes video of how the clock was made:\n\nSee also Baas’s Sweeper’s Clock and Schiphol Clock.\n\n**Tags:** amsterdam · art · clocks · Maarten Baas · time · video",
  "title": "The People’s Clock: a Timepiece Made of People",
  "updatedAt": "2026-04-16T13:45:00.000Z"
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