Persistence of Time
With Mark Mueller, Navvab Tadjvar, Vivian van Blerk and Jennifer Norback
March 13 - 14, 2023
Time gives shape and meaning to every aspect of our existence, yet we struggle to define what it is or how we relate to it. Over the course of 3 days, through discussion, meditation, and the creation of art we will explore the theme of Time from the view of physics, philosophy, and art with the help of discussion leaders from each field.
The program includes meditation, discussion, art making, eating, and drinking in a Sonoma mountain retreat center.
Conference Starts on March 13th at 12 pm & ends March 15 at 1:00pm
(Optional overnight March 12 and March 15)
Location: Above the cloud line on top of a mountain ridge, Teravana is a 730-acre coastal forest sanctuary in the heart of Sonoma’s Russian River Valley
Accommodation availability: Shared Room with Full-Size Bed Dormitory Pods or Glamping Tents with Queen Beds (Jupes), Private rooms (sold out)
Partial Image Attribution:
Salvador Dali, Persistence of Memory, 1931, Oil on canvas24 cm × 33 cm (9.5 in × 13 in)LocationMuseum of Modern Art, New York CityOwnerMuseum of Modern Art
About the Leaders
Mark Mueller
Mark Mueller is a theoretical physicist, He grew up in the American Middle-West and now calls New Zealand home. His interest in the nature of time began approximately 13.8 billion years ago and will continue as long as he can get funding for further research. When not thinking about physics he can be found with […]
Learn more about Mark MuellerNavvab Tadjvar
Navvab Tadjvar’s philosophical interests began at the age of thirteen when he first read Plato’s allegory of the cave and felt enticed at the idea that reality could be experienced with a sort of richness that was currently unavailable to him, that a kind of interiorization could result in universalization, that the wisdom gained could […]
Learn more about Navvab TadjvarVivian van Blerk
Vivian van Blerk was born in Cape Town, South Africa in 1971. He acquired a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts in 1995 from the University of Cape Town where he specialized in print-making and photography. He lives and works in Paris since 1997. Time is a fundamental actor in his art both as subject and […]
Learn more about Vivian van BlerkJennifer Norback
Jennifer Norback’s commitment and sensitivity to the unique needs of the artist has been forged out of a 30 year career in the International Contemporary Art World. Poised between Paris and Chicago, first as a gallery director, then as a gallery owner, she met and became close to some of the most influential people working […]
Learn more about Jennifer Norback