Nelli Wilhelm
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A twilight scene where an old town meets a vast marble building: at the upper left a vaulted hall with a melting clock and tall windows, a family with suitcases standing inside it. A winged grand piano and a house on spider legs drift through the sky. A lane of gabled houses, a ticket booth and clocks runs through the middle. At the right a glass door opens onto an underwater world of fish and floating pocket watches, and a lion fountain pours water beside it. In the foreground a woman leads a girl in a pink dress towards the door.

The Door Beneath Time

A woman leads a girl through a world of clocks, suitcases and unusual architecture. At the end of the way a glass door opens onto an underwater world in which even time appears to float. The two figures stand immediately before a border between two realities. Clocks turn up everywhere and yet lose their usual function. The scene reminds us that memories and dreams do not order time chronologically. “The Door Beneath Time” describes the moment just before entering an unknown part of one's own inner world.