Orbitation
Video InstallationVideo Excerpt
The
flow of time, moving forwards and backwards – moments in between.
Unpredictable transformations in seemingly endless repetition, as the
gaze searches for solid ground.
Water is in constant motion, shaping the land slowly and continuously as it has done since the earliest days of Earth's history. On Lanzarote, where this video was filmed, volcanic rock, once erupted from the Earth's interior, is gradually dissolving and being washed away by the restless sea. It is an unstoppable process. From an unusual, even 'inhuman' perspective, the camera hovers above the swirling masses of water with a detached gaze. The movements of the waves form graphic structures and patterns of construction and decay that are inherent in life. Creatio continua. The notion of an everlasting divine creation is reinforced by the sense of human powerlessness in the face of overwhelming natural forces.
ORBITATION shifts the perspective and approaches elementary transformation processes in formal abstraction. The structures of past times, formed in constant motion, tell the story of creation and decay, origin and infinity.
Water is in constant motion, shaping the land slowly and continuously as it has done since the earliest days of Earth's history. On Lanzarote, where this video was filmed, volcanic rock, once erupted from the Earth's interior, is gradually dissolving and being washed away by the restless sea. It is an unstoppable process. From an unusual, even 'inhuman' perspective, the camera hovers above the swirling masses of water with a detached gaze. The movements of the waves form graphic structures and patterns of construction and decay that are inherent in life. Creatio continua. The notion of an everlasting divine creation is reinforced by the sense of human powerlessness in the face of overwhelming natural forces.
ORBITATION shifts the perspective and approaches elementary transformation processes in formal abstraction. The structures of past times, formed in constant motion, tell the story of creation and decay, origin and infinity.
4K Video (loop) | 2. Min | 2020/25
Realisation | Anne Braun
Sound Design | Daniel Fuchs (swellsound.com)
Exhibitions:
2025 | DRIPPING IN THE SHADOW AFTER THE SUN WENT DOWN, Hilbertraum Berlin, Berlin (Version II)
2021 | PLEASURENESS, gw35_popupgallery, Berlin
2020 | FINALE!, Galerie Alte Schule, Berlin