It has nothing to do with math-ematics. I choose numbers because they are so constant, confined and artistic.
Numbers are probably the only real discovery of mankind.
It's not pure number and has other meanings. 1 Over time, time has become the focus of her art. 2 The calendar, which subsequently in large part formed the foundation stone of Darboven's art practice, again offered a universal orientation, embodying a given, prefabricated, ready-made temporal system. Calibrated in her work in many diverse ways over almost three decades, it has provided the basis of an arbitrary artistic system that has the appearance of objectivity. Conjoining a rigorous numerical process to free associative roots, and tight rational thought to intellectual freedom, this capricious sense of time has resulted in diverse monumental works, which may span a month, a year, even a century, all recorded day by day.