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As If Nothing Had Happened

Author
Jan Nálevka
Year
2009
Technique and size

DVD, 57 min. 36 s., loop

About work

The video (animation) contains a progressive row of 86 400 numerals. The numbers are in a sixty mode set such as are used to measure/record time. One number represents one frame of the video. On the display one number represents one second, in real time however only one twentyfifth of a second. The length of the video is marked out by the length of a single day as counted down by the display. In this case 24 hours takes place over the course of 57 minutes and 36 seconds in real time. The numbers are white on a black background, evoking the design of displays. The size of the numbers are given by the width/format of the video. Three notes of a composition by the group Tinderstics were used as a soundtrack, slowly repeating in a slow rhythm, acting as a antithesis of the sped up image.

Photo

Photo author: Jan Mahr
Center for Contemporary Arts Prague www.fcca.cz 2006–2024
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