Gerardo Tan transforms the continuum of time into fragments, and translates these into form. His process-oriented installation works, speaks about the transmutations from concept to form: intangible dimensions into distinct and mechanized measurements, complex calculations into basic formulations.

Tan displays the intention to distill the essential in an otherwise intangible and complex continuum. Definite calculations and measurements signify the role of mechanization and technological interventions in our “ways of seeing” and interpreting reality. His use of primary colors is an allusion to basic units of form that define existence. His translation of these processes into the form of wooden rods that vary in color and length distill conceptual parallelisms in otherwise individual processes, such as the personal and collective act of visiting a gallery. The interactive and participatory nature of the installation is also a fundamental aspect of this process.

This venture into producing “visible time” forms part of the current concerns of Tan, who is presently engaged in both educational and administrative work as the Dean of the University of the East College of Fine Arts, in addition to his art-production.