Still from film “installation” by Austrian artist Mathias Poledna currently showing at the New Museum.
Although this film is almost completely static I found it utterly enthralling. The screen is completely filled with a lush green, bright and sharply in focus. The only movement discirnable is that of long, thin fronds occasional swinging in the foreground, and drops of water intermittently falling to the ground. It is coupled with a soundtrack of rainforest noises edited into a kind of shrill music. Completely beautiful.
