The makings of an archive!

I have finally decided on a way to represent 'Age'...

Remember the matches that I used? The bursting of flames are celebratory for certain rites of passages. Whilst the flames represent life. But as the matchstick burns, so does life, and life becomes shorter.

Okay... The final archive that I have in mind is a clock. The clock has been around for a long time. It is the ideal instrument that will go forth into the future, as time is after all timeless (pardon the pun). And just to let you know how far back the instrument dates to (as quoted from Wikipedia),

The current sexagesimal system of time measurement dates to approximately 2000 BC, in Sumer.

Btw, sexagesimal refers to a numeral system with 60 as a base. 60 seconds, 60 minutes...
Using my clockface as a medium, I intend to design 100 matches to be laid on the face. The reason why I chose 100 is because 100 is a full, perfect and whole number. And also a number that people have aged until, although the lifespan for most human beings would be 75 or so.

Inside this clock houses a scroll that contains information about the many rites of passages that occur at any given age. There are approximately 25 different types of rites listed in the scroll, and they have been organized linearly according to the numerical age of human beings.

But, I'm still in progress of thinking better ways to represent age via time and rites of passages... And here are some pictures of the clock that I've already started on.

Map

A map exercise done in less than 20mins

A presentation

This video shows the first presentation of what 'age' meant to me.. and how I could use it as an archive featuring a form of rite of passage.

Interesting Find

Rites of passage article:
http://www.berkshirepublishing.com/assets_news/WHTG/articles/InitiationandRitesofPassage_18-Apr-2005.html

Exerpt

Structure of a rite of passage
Rites of passage are found in every known human society, past and present. Additionally, these rituals tend to share certain broad structural features in common. Thus, any rite of passage typically begins with a formal separation of the transitioning individual from the old state or status. The person then remains for some period of time in a marginal or transitional state divorced from both past and future statuses. Finally, in the incorporation phase of the rite, the transitioning individual enters into the new state or status.