‘THIS IS WHERE I POST FROM’
18.09.2024 - 21.09.2024
















‘THE SHAPE OF TIME’ IS A PHENOMENOLOGICAL JOURNEY INTO THE HEART OF THE MYTHICAL VIA MALA CANYON IN SWITZERLAND. PASSING BY ARCHAIC LANDSCAPES AND MONOLITHIC ARCHITECTURE IT EXPLORES THE VISION OF NATURE, QUESTIONING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OBSERVER, APPARATUS AND LANDSCAPE, AS WELL AS THEIR IDENTITIES. THROUGH VIRTUAL MODELS OF REALITY, SO-CALLED „SIMULACRA“, THE FILM INVESTIGATES HOW NATURE IS OBSERVED, STUDIED AND SYNTHESIZED IN THE DIGITAL REALM, DISCOVERING THE COEXISTENCE OF LANDSCAPE, TECHNOLOGY AND THE HUMAN SPECTRUM OF PERCEPTION. WHILE THE EYE TRIES TO CONSTRUCT THE REALITY, USING THE LANDSCAPE AS MIRROR OF HUMAN EXISTENCE, THE MACHINE IS RE-PURPOSING THE LANDSCAPE THROUGH ITS OWN MODES OF VISUAL SYNTHESIS, CAPTURING SENSITIVE NUANCES OF REALITY BEYOND HUMAN SENSES. IN THE END, THE VIRTUAL EYE IS SHOWING AN UNSEEN VIEW TO A WORLD WHERE THE REAL BLENDS WITH THE IMAGINARY - A UNIVERSE OF THICKENED TIME, HYPOSTATIZED IN SPACE.A CRYPTO-ARCHITECTURE.
LOCATION: VIENNA (AT)
INSTITUTION: ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS VIENNA
SUPPORT: NINA HOFFMANN, NIKLAS GÖSSL
IMAGE CREDITS: DOMINIC SCHWAB, CLARA FICKL