# slow cinematics

By [misha de ridder](https://paragraph.com/@mishaderidder) · 2023-09-16

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**The world comes into existence because we look at it.**

_“The body is our general medium for having a world.”_ – Maurice Merleau-Ponty

Three one-minute-long experimental films by misha de ridder, examining time as a dimension of space.

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kef ams
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kef ams (2023) by misha de ridder 🪨 1:00 min. audiovisual 🎶 \[MP4 1920x1080 px\] CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

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The cloudscape 'kef ams' is a view from a window of an airplane flying from Keflavík Airport in Iceland to Schiphol Airport in The Netherlands.  
Wait for it.

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nightingale
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nightingale (2023) by misha de ridder 🪨 1:00 min. audiovisual 🎶 \[MP4 1920x1080 px\] CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

https://manifold.xyz:443

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'nightingale' is set on the French–Spanish border in the Mediterranean Sea at dusk, featuring the lucid song of a nightingale at the bedroom window.  
Sound on.

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epilog
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epilog (2022) by misha de ridder 🪨 1:00 min. audiovisual 🎶 \[MP4 1920x1080 px\] CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

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In 'epilog', at sunset, a lone cloud moves slowly behind a mountain, the cry of a bird echoes.

‘epilog’ is a fragment from de ridder’s film ‘verwirklichungen’, a minimalist 21-minute film intended for screening in a cinema, offering an immersive experience. The film consists of five chapters, sound plays a significant role, featuring music composed and performed by Swiss musicians Daniela Larkin and [Thomas Lüscher](https://thomasluescher.net).

‘verwirklichungen’ reflects on processes in the landscape over time. These processes gain meaning through our act of looking – the world comes into existence because we look at it. In that sense, a screening is a performance in which the audience is the performer. The film focusses on almost imperceptible movements of clouds, starting very earthly with light and shadow play, developing into a choreography staged before a mountain face.

Slow cinematics.

Collectors of these slow cinematics are entitled to an 4K hi-res copy on request.

See the amazing [The One Minutes Collection](https://theoneminutes.org) for more one minutes films.

Keep an eye on [mishaderidder.xyz](https://mishaderidder.xyz) as it showcases an evolving series of experiments by misha de ridder.

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mishaderidder.xyz
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misha

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*Originally published on [misha de ridder](https://paragraph.com/@mishaderidder/slow-cinematics)*