Short trailer for my video installation “Clothesline”. A call for attention to the non-event and slowness.

The installation runs peacefully at a human heartbeat speed of 60 BPM. Based on a static video of a clothesline in the wind. Repetitive ambient soundscape in Ableton Live, combined with Videosync transformations. Installation produces endless random video and audio output. No AI.

I got inspired by David Claerbout’s quote about “Against Strong Images”:

“I notice that when people discuss my work, they often talk about ‘strong images. But that is not what I do. I choose weak images. These are images without voice, without date, without event, without place – situations that can’t be easily communicated. This puts me in the camp of the longue durée. In that camp, that reservation, sit all the losers of history. It is where the non-event lives.” – David Claerbout

The clothesline in the wind is such a non-event.

Installation only requires a Mac or a Windows 11 PC (with Ableton Live and Videosync installed) and an HDMI connection to a TV Screen with audio. Less is more.