Uncoordinated Universal Time

A radio work by Anna Friz, part of an ongoing series of radio artworks on time perception and timekeeping, this long-form piece plays with the tendency of the continuous, irregular present to resist time standardisation by gradually stretching, manipulating and suspending a recording of the 'zero hour' over five hours to produce Uncoordinated Universal Time.

The sonic basis of the work is 0:00:00 – 0:59:59 GMT as recorded from shortwave radio station WWVB operated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology from Fort Collins, Colorado. The time signal is generated by a series of coordinated atomic clocks, broadcast globally on various shortwave bands and transmit via satellites, and is the basis for determining the time on all wireless and networked devices since 1972. For more information visit nicelittlestatic.com.