The exhibition called ‘Cycle' set in motion Neil's idea on the cycle of life. After this exhibition he began thinking his next project and arrived at ‘Ticktock'. He had a pilot installation of ‘Ticktock' at a harbour in southern Sweden where fishing used to be the mainstay of the local population. Watching people's reactions to the installation and how it touched them made Neil want to take it to the wider world, from the local to the global.