These clocks were inspired by The Doomsday Clock which first appeared in June 1947 on the cover of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. In 1945, a group of Chicago scientists, who helped build the first atomic bomb, founded the journal to inform people about the “horrible effects of nuclear weapons and the consequences of using them.” In 2007, the Bulletin added the effects of climate change to its calculation of how close humanity is to midnight. The image titles indicate the years in which the Doomsday Clock was set to the time noted. The colours of the 12 clocks were inspired by covers of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists over the past 78 years.
17 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT. (1991)
14 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT. (1995)
12 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT. (1963, 1972)
10 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT. (1969, 1990)
9 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT. (1974, 1998)
7 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT. (1947, 1960, 1968, 1980, 2002)
6 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT. (1988, 2010)
5 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT. (2007, 2012)
4 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT. (1981)
3 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT. (1949, 1984, 2025)
2 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT. (1953, 2017, 2018)
LESS THAN 2 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT. 2020, 2023, 2025)
UV pigment ink on clear acrylic and white acrylic.
21.5 x 21.5 in. framed.
Solid wood custom frame.
© 2025 Leslie Hossack.
Edition of 3.
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