Europa time zone 1. A textural video essay on duration, inspired by Arvo Pärt's composition 'Fratres' written in 1977, without fixed instrumentation and has been described as a “mesmerising set of variations on a six-bar theme combining frantic activity and sublime stillness that encapsulates Pärt’s observation that ‘the instant and eternity are struggling within us’'.
The use of 1990's analogue three chip video color technology and 8mm film as capture medium interprets and conveys the granularity of time over more modern 'clean' digital technology. And the PAL (Phase Alternating Line) interlaced sampling system as subliminal hypnotic pendulum. The essay begins with the recorded sound of a firing neuron in an airport lounge.
The use of 1990's analogue three chip video color technology and 8mm film as capture medium interprets and conveys the granularity of time over more modern 'clean' digital technology. And the PAL (Phase Alternating Line) interlaced sampling system as subliminal hypnotic pendulum. The essay begins with the recorded sound of a firing neuron in an airport lounge.