At her first solo exhibition at acb, Rita Süveges (1986) debuts with her new series of velvet paintings and a monumental metal sculpture connected to this cycle. In addition to exploring retrofuturism—visions of the future which were projected from the past—the starting point of her velvet works is light itself. On the nearly monochromatic surfaces of her paintings, Süveges composes gradually unfolding images from the interplay of light and shadow, brightness and darkness. The exhibition’s title refers to the fact that sunlight—the primary force shaping life on Earth—takes approximately 8 minutes to reach our planet, which span of time hasn’t changed in our solar system for millions of years. Süveges previously explored speculative interiors of spaceships and space stations in her 2023 painting series entitled Infrastructure, which won the Esterházy Audience Award. In her newest works, these techno-scientific environments open onto dense forest panoramas, which are projected back into the Carboniferous era.