In his works of concrete poetry (an art form based on the visual aspects of words) Heinz Gappmayr frequently considers the connection between notions or concepts and the signs that are used to convey them. For Gappmayr the placement of a particular sign on the page is an important element of our understanding of the meaning of the notion it signifies. In his work ZEIT (Time), Gappmayr breaks down the four individual signs or letters Z, E, I and T into their constituent elements or strokes and then makes individual strokes of each letter visible in different arrangements on successive page openings. Language is literally reduced as its signs are presented in a new relationship to space (the page), and time (linear reading is abandoned) ultimately becoming objects to be perceived rather than read.