During my visit to Berlin I saw this piece of work at Hamburger Bahnhof. At first I thought that it was just a projection of a photograph into a darkened space, however after a while I noticed that the photograph was actually a moving frame. It was only really noticeable when you focused your attention on one aspect, for example a moving foot. This slow movement adds a new dimension of seeing to the film footage, for me it was interesting to see the mens exact movements, which we would never really notice in a normal speed piece of footage. During the time I spent viewing the slowed film it was obvious that many did not realise that it was actually a film and most thought it was a photograph, like my first reaction. I enjoy the fact that some could jut pass this by without realising its true meaning while others find the wonder it created for me. The piece has a lot of political connotations which I know from the write up, however this is of little interest to me as I purely enjoyed the aesthetics of the slow moving footage. The piece of film was initially a five second sequence and it was digitally reworked to become an eight minute long piece slowly altering still or a freeze frame.
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