A Clock
For No One

All the time
in the world.

First, I have to get to Mars. Then I have to build a home for someone who experiences every moment at once.

A Clock For No One is an artwork in Minecraft by Andrew David Baron, recreating Dr. Manhattan’s glass palace from Watchmen. The work begins with a Survival journey to Mars and continues through the gathering, crafting and placing of thousands of glass blocks.

The palace takes its form from Dave Gibbons’s graphic novel drawings. Pink and magenta glass frame amber cups, nested gears and slender spires. A custom Dr. Manhattan skin places the builder inside the reference.

A life in panels.

Each gameplay session will contribute images and words to a growing comic. Memories, the work of the present and imagined futures share the page. Selected stills and excerpts from Andrew’s narration will follow the journey to Mars and the construction of the palace.

The opening prologue uses actual Creative prototype screenshots. New chapters will extend the story downward as the project unfolds.