Ontvelde Tijd
In the work Ontvelde Tijd (Skinned Time) I try to research the idea of the cross-section of time. This is done by presenting a film as a spatial form. The installation consists of a film, a photo work and a starry sky. Each representing a form of time. My fascination for this work lays in the fact that (old) paintings always carry a history in their framework. The sketch, the (monochrome) shadow parts and the finishing part. I wanted to research whether it is possible to translate this to film, using the same single framework in the work Hubble/Ocular/Open End.
Fifteen years ago, on 25 april 1990, the Hubble space telescope sent its first (blurry) image to the earth. Since then, the Hubble contributed with 750 thousand photos to the knowledge of all areas of astronomy: the beginning of the universe, the formation of the elements, the beginning and the end of stars, black holes and planets around other stars. In all these areas the Hubble images are better than ever existed.
An ocular (or eye lens) is a lens of a microscope, telescope or film camera. With this eye lens it is possible to see the formed image made by the device.
If you choose an open-end it does not mean that you should let the film unfinished. An open end can say that the viewer can interpret the end itself.
In the framework these three forms of time are combined. The visible history of the starry sky. The photograph as the present. The present I see as a constant, single, enlarged moment of now. And finally, the causality of film is causing a sense of continuity, the future. Even if the film ended. All are mixed together in one projection.
Besides this installation a book Engram (memory trace), exists. The book displays a personal view on the history of the film camera, but can also be seen as an associative guide to the installation.
Ontvelde Tijd: Installation view
Engram: Installation view
Engram: Etienne Gaspar Robert
Engram: George Eastman
Engram: 24 Anderen (24 Others)