Testimony of Time: On Kawara’s I Got Up
On Kawara’s I Got Up series (1968–1979) redefines collecting as a physical capture of human existence. By stamping his daily waking time on tourist postcards, Kawara transformed administrative precision into a poetic testimony of life. Held by institutions like MoMA and Tate, these works represent a legendary, scarce, and academically vital intersection of time, ritual, and conceptual rigor.
