Making Time

Belfast International Arts Festival, 2024

2 Royal Avenue

Duration: 6.5 hrs

Making Time was developed as a Belfast focused project from the Making Connections project in the Void Arts Centre. Discovering the numerous clock faces on building around Belfast City Centre sparked a notion to create an artwork that people could engage with and have conversations about. A day was spent in 2 Royal Avenue, talking to visitors and completing Belfast Clocks ceramic jigsaws

Close-up of a person working on a ceramic jigsaw puzzle depicting a clock tower, with scattered puzzle pieces on a table.
People working on a puzzle spread out on a table, with some puzzle pieces already assembled. Background includes a laptop, a cup, and printed materials on the table.
People playing a puzzle game at a table, with a woman smiling and interacting with a person in a blue sweater, in a public indoor space.
People assembling a puzzle with brick and colorful artwork pieces on a table in an indoor setting.
Two women are playing a tile-matching game at a table, with several cityscape puzzle pieces spread out. One woman with grey hair wearing a red shirt observes, while another woman with dark hair and a black sweater talks nearby. There are art prints a
A woman smiling with her hand on her face sitting at a table with a display of small mirror pieces and photographs of buildings, some sketches on paper, and a wooden box with red fabric inside.
Person assembling a jigsaw puzzle depicting a building with a clock tower.
A table at an art market displaying printed images of a historic clock tower and scattered handmade ceramic tiles, some with handwritten numbers.
Colorful puzzle pieces and a puzzle box with an illustration of Big Ben in London, England, on a table.
Pieces of broken tiles resembling a brick wall with a sign that reads 'EST. 1870 BELFAST TELEGRAP' and a clock face.
A partially completed jigsaw puzzle of a clock tower with a green dome and orange brick structure, surrounded by puzzle pieces and a printed reference image on paper, all on a white surface.
Two people sitting at a table with a large puzzle of Big Ben clock tower in progress. One person is holding a card with an image of Big Ben.
Child's hand touching a series of tiles arranged on a table with various images and patterns.
Four people are sitting at a rectangular table indoors, working with various papers and items. One person is standing, leaning over the table. The room has large windows on one side and a plain wall on the other.
A man with a beard and tattoos is sitting at a white table, holding a yellow paper cup. There is a colorful puzzle on the table depicting a cartoonish face, possibly inspired by a painting or a character. In the background, there are large potted pla