Rania Stephan
Everything Is a Rocket, 2022
Video Loop, 4min 2sec, Color, Stereo sound, 16:9, HR digital file
Edition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs
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https://vimeo.com/742406503 Password: FRIEZE2022 In a present charged with anxious futures, is the countdown to lift off or to self-destruct? Dystopia might be the closest narrative genre to today’s reality. Things...
https://vimeo.com/742406503
Password: FRIEZE2022
In a present charged with anxious futures, is the countdown to lift off or to self-destruct? Dystopia might be the closest narrative genre to today’s reality. Things around us can turn into potential explosive devices. Hundreds of still images shot from an observatory dome become a potential unidentified exploding saucer through the use of basic editing tools. While high technicity is inherent to science fiction films, in this work, images are individually hand-crafted following uneven patterns, enhancing an artisanal aesthetics: a tactical gesture that resists mainstream representations, a way to think with available material, and to reflect on our fragile presence and fallibility.
Technical Specs: Video Loop, 4min 2sec, Color, Stereo sound, 16:9, HR digital file
Password: FRIEZE2022
In a present charged with anxious futures, is the countdown to lift off or to self-destruct? Dystopia might be the closest narrative genre to today’s reality. Things around us can turn into potential explosive devices. Hundreds of still images shot from an observatory dome become a potential unidentified exploding saucer through the use of basic editing tools. While high technicity is inherent to science fiction films, in this work, images are individually hand-crafted following uneven patterns, enhancing an artisanal aesthetics: a tactical gesture that resists mainstream representations, a way to think with available material, and to reflect on our fragile presence and fallibility.
Technical Specs: Video Loop, 4min 2sec, Color, Stereo sound, 16:9, HR digital file
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