Dawn Ng’s work across a wide range of contemporary media is unified by subtle gradations of colour, which function as a way of exploring the passage and experience of time. Since 2018, Ng has filmed and photographed stages in the disintegration of frozen blocks of coloured pigment. Her videos compress the entire 20-hour process of decomposition into a mesmerising 20 minutes.

The multichannel installation The Earth is an hourglass 2024 documents the time-adjusted melting of a pigment-infused block of ice across five channels of video, expanding the hypnotic effect of Ng’s video practice into an enveloping visual experience.