ERASED EFFORT
(2024)

Around a hundred athletes of all ages appear in a panoramic triptych. Their sporting practice is approached from a choreographic perspective. Each dance is filmed and then slowed down to an extreme degree, with a ratio of one minute to one second. Immersed in suspended time, on the edge of stillness, the movement detaches itself from physical exertion. The athletes float in space like distant stars. Their weightless bodies turn away from any performative intent.

The slow motion of the movement is achieved through an artificial intelligence image generation process. Only 5 out of 100 images are from actual optical capture, while the others are the product of an algorithm. While the photographer's lens influences the subject's posture, just as a physicist observing a photon alters its behavior, the generated images, on the other hand, undergo no disturbance, evolving according to their own inertia. Who are these insubstantial bodies, calculated from fleeting memories, detached from the gaze of a nonexistent photographer, floating in absolute objectivity?

The Effort Erased, through an ethereal vision of movement, invites us to an ecstatic contemplation of the present moment. The video lasts an hour, but only a minute truly passes. This video installation offers a unique sensory experience and prompts us to rethink our relationship to reality.