Artwork copyright Jack Dollhausen. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2016.

Artwork copyright Jack Dollhausen. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2016.

Artwork copyright Jack Dollhausen. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2016.

Artwork copyright Jack Dollhausen. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, by Colleen Chartier.

Artwork copyright Jack Dollhausen. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, by Colleen Chartier.

Artwork copyright Jack Dollhausen. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2016.

Artwork copyright Jack Dollhausen. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, by Colleen Chartier.

Artwork copyright Jack Dollhausen. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2016.

Time After Time, 1990

Jack Dollhausen
American (born 1941, died 2022)

Location: Spokane Falls Community College, Spokane

About the Artwork

Time After Time is an interactive electronic sculpture by artist Jack Dollhausen. He created it for the Math and Science Building at Spokane Falls Community College. The vine-like design travels from the first floor to the second. It functions with an internal clock and a system of lightbulbs controlled by the viewer’s response. At the top of each hour, the sculpture “chimes” using bells and lights. For the first ten minutes of each hour, the sculpture responds to motion with light and sound. Part of the electrical circuit serves as a calendar, which you can read using binary code.

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Community Colleges of Spokane.

About the Artist

Dollhausen received a Bachelor of Arts degree (1966) in art and math from Wisconsin State University and a Master of Fine Arts degree (1968) from Washington State University in Pullman. He served as a professor of fine art at Washington State University for over thirty years. A 2001 retrospective exhibition of his work was organized by the Boise Art Museum and the Salt Lake Art Center. The exhibition toured to Tacoma Art Museum and the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture in Spokane, among others.