The exhibition's title is based on an excerpt from Gertrude Stein's novel Mrs. Reynolds. In the book, Gertrude Stein grapples with the events of the Second World War from the micro-perspective of a married couple. While the war rages on elsewhere, the protagonists count the days by retreating into repetitive, bland, and oddly poetic conversational rituals. The common thread that unites the works is my reflection on time, loss, balance, repetition, individual and collective dimensions, and limits. Each work engages the viewer in a different kind of reading and relationship with the space, from the rhythmic and meditative photographic installation Inheritance (2013) to the curved walls that lean against each other in a fragile balance in What Time Is It? (2009).

The display in the basement confronts a personal selection of works from the Glarner Kunstverein collection. The choice consists primarily of portraits, which capture the relationships between the subjects. The hanging establishes a prevailing atmosphere of austerity and isolation, enhanced by the emptiness of the rest of the space.