This catalogue is published in conjunction with the Asian premiere of Zóbel: The Future of the Past, exhibited at Ayala Museum from September 14, 2024 to January 26, 2025.

The term 'temporality' often refers to the traditional mode of the way time is: a linear procession of past, present and future. As philosophers will note, this is not always the case. Christine Ross builds on current philosophical and theoretical examinations of time and applies them to the field of contemporary art: films, video installations, sculpture and performance works. Ross first provides an interdisciplinary overview of contemporary studies on time, focusing on findings in philosophy, psychology, sociology, communications, history, postcolonial studies, and ecology. She then illustrates how contemporary artistic practices play around with what we consider linear time. Engaging the work of artists such as Guido van der Werve, Melik Ohanian, Harun Farocki, and Stan Douglas, allows investigation though the art, as opposed to having art taking an ancillary role. The Past is the Present; It's the Future Too forces the reader to understand the complexities of the significance of temporal development in new artistic practices.

The World of Magic, Witches, Sorceress, Enchantresses and Warlocks does it truly exist? Do you believe in Magic, Magical Beings and Enchantments? You have read the book, though fictional, what do you believe? Magic, Witchcraft, Enchantments, Spells, Curses, Incantations and Hexes. That is a lot to absorb, would you agree? During the Age of the Crusaders and Knights of Medieval Times before and after, the Art of Witchery was Prevalent which History attest to. Yet, do you believe...?