There are 86,400 seconds in a day. This measurement of time is written forwards and backwards twice over in the title, forming a palindrome that mimics the kinetic symmetry found in this mobile-like artwork. Maltese creates a rotating pictoral game in reference to Rubin’s vase illusion, a well-known optical exercise in figure/ground relationships. A stained glass vase is suspended within a circular metal armature that wears embellishments alluding to the face of a clock. Like a drawing in space, sunlight passes through the stained glass to produce a kaleidoscopic relationship with its environment. Throughout the day, people, places and things become part of the work, capturing time within the composition of the circular frame.