The Institute

Time stretches, bends, changes its speed — not only physically, but also in our perception. In extreme situations it seems to stand still, to expand into infinity or to disintegrate into individual fragments. My AI video installation explores this paradoxical moment: the split second in which reality and the subjective sense of time come apart.

A woman appears to fall over the edge of a building. Then the camera — as if from her point of view — glides down the facade of a high-rise in super slow motion. An endless fall, frozen in a relentless loop. Reflections fracture the space, stretching and distorting past and future. Finally the perspective shifts: we see a woman from behind, watching a female body in mid-fall — a frozen moment between observation and projection, between reality and reflection.

The work plays with the paradox of time: a single instant becomes eternity, while the inevitability of the fall remains trapped in repetition. Past, present and future overlap — time becomes the stage of an unceasing motion at standstill. Viewers find themselves between observation and immersion, as if entering the stretching of time themselves. The falling happens not only on the screen, but in the space, in perception.

Presentation: The trailer is shown as a large-format projection — ideally on a monitor or with a high-output beamer onto a monumental surface or an immersive screen. The larger the projection, the more intense the experience: the image dominates the darkened room, drawing viewers into the depth of the falling movement. No distraction, only light, shadow and movement. The sheer scale of the projection blurs the boundary between viewer and image. It is not just about seeing a fall, but about experiencing it.