To prevent glass from bursting spontaneously, it must be cooled down very gradually during production. For her Offline Timers, Nuyten intervened in this delicate cooling process. The result: ticking time bombs of glass that will, after a certain period, shatter of their own accord.
To celebrate the release of her monograph and the biggest timer going off, Nuyten developed a new generation of Offline Timers: this time, glass spheres with chromic and colored finishes that start their countdown with the first publication of her practice. These new timers are designed to go off within a century; they may outlive both the artist and their future owners. Coated in chrome and smartphone waste, the spheres function as conceptual clocks - measuring time not in minutes, but through tension, reflection, and eventual fracture.