Descent
Johan Rijpma, 2014, 1'26''

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A cylinder shaped cup falls and breaks into pieces. Every frame of this recorded movement is then manually translated into a layer of dried clay that is made of the original remains of the cup. All the layers are then arranged vertically and glued together, forming a new object that visualizes the destructive moment. As this new form emerges gravity starts to shift pulling the new object into destruction as well. This cycle repeatedly keeps breaking the old to create the new, by translating destructive moments into higher dimensional forms.


A cup falls and breaks. Every frame of this recorded movement is then manually translated into a layer of dried clay. All the layers are then glued together. As a new form emerges from this process gravity starts to sh
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  • Date: 2014
  • Length: 1'26''
  • Type: Video
  • Copyrights: All rights reserved (c) LIMA