Time in Motion. Fong Qi Wei, about the City

01/03/2014. [Shanghai] China
metalocus, INÉS LALUETA.

From Singapore these works by Fong Qi Wei photographer shows us a series of short animated gifs, about Shanghai, overlooking cityscapes and other waterfront landscapes. Under title ‘time in motion’ was originally captured as still images, shot from the same position at various times of the day. After, were put together spiraling in circles that fold into each other through the digital gif format, with stunning results!

Tanah Lot Sunset 2013 (Gif).

Changi Beach Sunrise, 2013. (Gif).

Glassy Sunset, 2013 (Gif).

Shanghai Oriental Pearl Sunrise, 2014 (Gif).

Chinatown Sunset, 2013. (Gif).

This is a follow up to his previous series Time is a Dimension (TIAD). In TIAD, he spliced different time slices into a single print. That was to work within the nature of a physical print. However, in this set of manipulations, I present a medium that is neither a print nor a video. In short, he uses the GIF format (don’t ask me how it is to be pronounced!) to create a looping animation that shows a single landscape / seascape but with a constant shimmer of … time.

WARNING!

The following GIFs flicker, so We do not hold responsibility for any adverse health effects by staring at it for prolonged periods of time.