Today

A version of my 2009 macOS screensaver for the Playdate handheld.

Inspired by On Kawara's "Today Series". A series of paintings, each consisting of a monochrome background onto which is inscribed the date of the day on which the individual painting is executed, in the language and according to the calendrical conventions of the country in which Kawara is present when he began it. Kawara created nearly 3,000 date paintings in more than 112 cities worldwide in a project that was planned to end only with his death. He died at age 81 on July 10, 2014.

User settings

•  Display (AUTO, light, dark)
  • auto switches to dark at 6PM and light at 6AM
• Format (YEAR, minute, second, day)
• MAR.9,2022
• 13:37
• 13:37:11
• WED.9.MAR

System settings

• 12/24 hour time display

Controls

• D-pad
  • to change display setting
• A/B
  • to change format setting
• Menu
  • to change both settings