The Gallery

At the start are close-ups, they are blurred. Eyes, mouths, noses, hands enter the picture. Scattered, nearly puzzle-like. The tone is also minimal and offers no clues as to what we are actually looking at; we hear paper, glass. We grope in the dark, it is silent. Step by step—after a fade-in of the title—the camera offers more context: the paper that is being written on, the writing, the drying of the paper. It seems as though we are reminded of Japanese or Chinese calligraphy: a ritual that accompanies production of an artwork. Calligraphy, a strongly expressive art form...