The Institute

The Institute, 4K UHD, Videoinstallation, egronista 2025

Midjourney, Kling, Lumalabs, Artlist

Time expands, bends, changes its speed, not only physically, but also in our perception. In

extreme situations, it seems to stand still, stretch into infinity or disintegrate into individual

fragments. The installation explores this paradoxical moment: the split second in which

reality and subjective perception of time decouple. A woman appears to be falling over the edge of a building. Then the camera glides down the facade of a high-rise in super slow motion, as if it were her point of view. An endless fall, frozen in a perpetual loop. Reflections refract the space, stretching and distorting past and future. Finally, the perspective changes: we see a woman from behind, observing a female body in the act of falling. A frozen moment between observation and projection, between reality and reflection. The work plays with the paradox of time: a single instant becomes eternal, while the inevitability of the fall remains trapped in repetition. Past, present and future overlap: Time becomes the scene of a perpetual motion in a state of standstill. The viewers find themselves in a state between observation and immersion , as if they themselves were entering the stretching of time. The fall happens not only on the screen, but in the room, in the mind’s eye.

Presentation

The work is presented as a large-scale projection, ideally on a monitor or with a bright projector

onto a monumental surface or an expansive screen. The larger the projection, the more intense the experience: the image dominates the darkened room, drawing the viewer into the depth of the

falling movement. No distractions, just light, shadow and movement. The extreme size of the

projection blurs the boundaries between viewer and image. It’s not just about seeing a fall, but

experiencing it.