A body falls gracefully through the air, kilometres from the earth, seeming to hover between falling, then rising again in a fluid dance that suspends and evades gravity. This looping video installation playfully dispels any laws of science as the casually dressed skydiver that we see floating through the air never gets closer to the ground. Moving hypnotically around the camera the body disorients all sense of up and down until at one point it seems to float, buffeted by the air, toward a passing plane.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
B1002573
Language
No spoken word
Subject category
Digital Art
Object Types
Artwork
Materials
Single channel moving image
Holdings
Digital Betacam [PAL]; Master
Digital Betacam [PAL]; Sub-master
VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded
DVD [PAL]; Master
DVD [PAL]; Copy
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan