Video Clip 2004-7
This work is probably a very literal exploration of time. It could also be an exploration of the quotidian object, and other topic areas we've done. I saw this video in yr 12 and I just really liked it. It has a simplicity in concept and execution that is very effective.
The video shows a man's hands. They are holding a piece of straight wire. They make a few folds in the wire and create a perfect, in proportion paperclip. (Try doing this at home.)
It is of course a video of someone unfolding a paperclip, played in reverse.
When we saw it in my class it was interesting to see the time it took for people to realise. Some people knew almost immediately, and some were very confused even after the video finished.
Like what was discussed in the time and place lecture, there is value in spending time on a work to gain the information required to understand it. In this case, it wasn't a fixed amount of time, like many narrative video works. It seemed to rely on how you, personally, made the connections as to when you saw the reality of the work.
Playing backwards also seemed to link with the concept of linear time being disrupted, seeing the future before the present (which has become the past), and ideas of fate (it is inevitable that a paperclip in the hands of a bored person will become a straight piece of wire).
I couldn't find the video of this work. I've got no pictures. I think because I can't find the video anywhere I may have made a mistake of him being the artist...but I'm pretty sure this is right.
The link below has more of his works. He seems to do a lot of site specific installations and video art.
http://www.danielvonsturmer.com/cv.html
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