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Clip description
The artist separates the young man and woman by tearing their photo in half. He brings them back to life by placing the crumpled photograph halves on a ruler. The man and woman dance on the ruler as the artist holds it in his hand.
Curator’s notes
The magic of special effects means that the artist as the controller is able to manipulate the young couple, moving them from reality to still life to reality to still life in an ongoing sequence. The imagery of the hand inevitably crumpling them back into fiction is both part of the fascination of the film, but also a slightly unsettling reflection of the power of the hand of the artist.
