Swiss artist Bernhard Meier, who lives inWürenlos, has created a striking artwork for the tower of the local Roman Catholic church. Entitled «Timeless Time», the piece consists of a gold-painted metal circle, five metres in diameter, installed just
below the church clock – and visible from far beyond the village.
Meier’s artistic practice revolves around fundamental questions: What holds our world together? What is essential? His clear and reduced visual language – working exclusively with circles, triangles, squares and lines – points towards the underlying structures of existence. «Timeless Time» is abstract, without numbers, hands or markers. The circle evokes the cycle of becoming, being and passing – and ultimately, the idea of eternity.
The location is deliberately chosen: From his studio on Würenloser Landstrasse, the artist has a clear view of the church tower. Its baroque onion dome has shaped the village skyline for centuries, while the clock beneath has long regulated the rhythm of daily life. Just behind the church lies the cemetery – a place where the earthly ends, and questions of timelessness become tangible.
Bernhard Meier - Timeless Time
