In this work, celluloid film escapes from its conventional position and function, transforming into a fragmented and looped movement through all the layers of glass, building up to a vertical cinematic sculpture. Can the film’s motion become hypnotic?
Off Splintered Time, 2021
Glass, motors, 35mm film, 80 x 80 x 70 cm
Photo: Andrea Rossetti © Rosa Barba
Off Splintered Time, 2021 has been on display at the following locations:
Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, 2026
MAXXI, Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Rome, 2025–2026
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, 2025
Esther Schipper, Paris, 2024
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau, Munich, 2023
Esther Schipper, Berlin, 2022
Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, 2021