Snap-Shot (t →∞)

2015-2016

Video installation, seven TVs, video (21’15’’, loop, color, no audio)

Video, colour, no sound 21’15’’

The video installation "SNAPSHOT (t → ∞)" reflects on the individual inner space related to its living among the others. The project derives from the fascination for the history of the old photography, when a very long pose was needed to take a portrait. So I asked to seven people to pose in front of the camera and to offer it their best smile, keeping it as long as possible. Infinite micro-expressions appeared on their faces, passing - in some cases - from smile to tears. Faces have been turned into moving masks on which, in spite of themselves, all expressions that escape control are projected into a fluid continuum. The choral arrangement of the monitors on display relates the individuals to plurality, showing each one enclosed in his/her own effort, among the others, all in the same space. The title refers to the study of limits in mathematics: what happens to y if time tends to infinity? What happens if a spontaneous and immediate gesture like a smile is forced to last?