MOMENT / TIME 2024
"Moment/Time" examines the fluidity of time and the transient nature of existence. Inspired by Heraclitus' concept that 'you can never step in the same river twice', the work features eight vertically positioned TV screens, each displaying a unique seascape. Despite their individuality, the screens are aligned to create a continuous horizon line that stretches across the installation, suggesting the subtle continuity that connects moments in time.
This arrangement underscores the themes of impermanence and transformation in both nature and human experience. By capturing the sea's infinite variability, the installation mirrors the multifaceted nature of recollection and memory—how moments can be both faithful and altered over time. Vandebrug’s work intertwines these transient scenes into a unified flow, illustrating the ceaseless movement and interconnectedness of change.
Each of the 8 screens features a unique mono audio fragment with distinct pitch, tempo, and sound. When played together, these fragments create a spatial, infinite, aleatory composition— constantly evolving yet consistently similar. The score is composed by Jeroen de Pessemier
8 Channel 4k Colour video on 8x 4k monitors
8 tracks mono audio
‘You can never step in the same river twice.’, 2021
As a lasting evidence of the temporary state the Danube river was once in, each screen represents a different moment in time. The installation consists of a single video loop of a drone scanning the Danube in bird’s-eye.
Playback starts at the top screen and is repeated in the screens below, each time with a 21 second delay, until all screens are on and a joined up section of the river is formed.
5 Channel 4k Colour video on 5x 4k monitors
5 tracks stereo audio
Length: 2 MIN. 30 SEC. LOOP.
