Tropos (Tropeis and Exotropos)

2021

Video installation

Linen curtain and petals from the video projection

231.5 / 130 cm / 91 x 51 inches ; 4:34 and 11:11

The two videos in the installation Tropos (“to turn”) show one action filmed from opposite perspectives. In the righthand video, Exotropos (“outside turn”), petals strewn on a linen cloth are thrown into motion by a body wriggling and writhing below. In the video on the left, Tropeis (“into the turn”), the same fabric and petals are viewed from the point of view of the body underneath. In Exotropos, time is set backwards; in Tropeis, it is slowed down. The videos are projected back-to-back on the same piece of linen fabric the body is activating.

As the visitor moves from one side of the installation to the other, they are invited to consider their own tactile experiences and the ways in which cause and effect manifest in their lives. Tropos asks, how are you thrown into motion by the things you encounter, or by the things that carry you? How does the air, activated by your gesture, affect the projection? How does your movement mimic the movement of the petals?

You can read a longer text on Tropos here.