The journey through the history of time brings together paintings, videos and films, installations, performances and watchmaking. The works and objects testify to the fleeting nature of life, tell of the changing seasons and opportunities to pause, as well as the global financial market, which is now clocked in trillionths of a second. A multi-layered carpet, which illuminates, among other things, historical, paleontological and physical perspectives, is rolled out over over 1200m2 of exhibition space and divides the show into six chapters: These question, among other things, the so-called “deep time”, political dimensions and biological aspects of time. Furthermore, participatory formats invite people to exchange ideas about innovative future models: An offer that is as attractive as it is urgent, society is constantly debating how it will still be possible to ensure the survival of the planet and its inhabitants in the future - and how much time we still have left for it.

The exhibition includes works by Sinzo Aanza, Vito Acconci, Cuno Amiet, Jean Arlaud, Knud Andreassen Baade, Maja Bajevic, Giacomo Balla, Jean Barberet, Black Quantum Futurism, Monica Bonvicini, Édouard Bovet, Abraham-Louis Breguet, Ohan Breiding, Heidi Bucher, Marie José Burki, John Cage, Ernst Caramelle, Giorgio De Chirico, Pieter Claesz, Johannes Collaert II, Emmanuel Cottier, Cornelis Cruys, Salvador Dalí, Honoré Daumier, Manon De Boer & George Van Dam, Jean Dubuffet, Marcel Duchamp, François Ducommun, Albrecht Dürer, Aaron Fabian, Thomas Flechtner, Sylvie Fleury, Sarah Friend, Theodor Galle, Giovanni Giacometti, Christian Giessenbeck, Glaser/Kunz, Natalja Goncharova, Douglas Gordon, Max Gubler, Andreas Gursky, Shoghig Halajian, John & James Harrison, Cornelis De Heem, Achille Hirsch , Damien Hirst, David Hockney, William Hogarth, Roni Horn, Thomas Hutton, Alfredo Jaar, Monica Ursina Jäger, Henri-Louis & Pierre Jaquet-Droz, Anna Jermolaewa, Léo Juvet, Tobias Kaspar, Antoneta Kastrati & Casey Cooper Johnson, On Kawara , San Keller, Martin Kippenberger, Paul Klee, Herlinde Koelbl, Joseph Kosuth, Alicja Kwade, David Lamelas, Daphné Le Sergent, Simon Lehner, Jürg Lehni, Pierre Lemaire, Los Carpinteros, Markus Lüpertz, Johann Lurf, Vera Lutter, Jorge Macchi, Henri Manguin, MANON, Maya Minder, Sagar Jones Mitchell & James Kenyon, Jonathan Monk, Rudolf Mumprecht, Eadweard Muybridge, Jos Näpflin, Bruce Nauman, Natasza Niedziółka, Sophie Nys, Claes Oldenburg, Roman Opałka, Nam June Paik, Katie Paterson, Richard Prince, Man Ray, Max Reichmann, Hans Richter, Didier Rittener, Thomas Ruff, Vittorio Santoro, Christian Schad, Cyril Schäublin, Hubert Scheibl, Berthe Schmidt-Allard, Shirana Shahbazi, Fatma Shanan, Daniel Spoerri, Alfred Stevens, Elisa Storelli, Una Szeemann, Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs, Yves Tanguy, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Félix Vallotton, Ben Vautier, Willem Van De Velde (II), Jacques De La Villeglé, Andy Warhol, Samuel Watson, Ai Weiwei, Ian Wilson, Wols, Erwin Wurm, Tim Zulauf/SME Productions.

Curated by Cathérine Hug, the exhibition was created in collaboration with the Musée international d'horlogerie (MIH) in La Chaux-de-Fonds, as well as in exchange with CERN in Meyrin and experts.