How We Fall (2017)
Sophie Clements’ work is characterised by an attempt to capture fleeting and elusive moments. She deploys technology usually used in ‘high-end’ cinema productions or for medical or (natural) scientific tests for her own artistic research; with 100 photo cameras set up in a circle, she observes clumps of cement dust falling. By freezing the falling – and diffusing – movements in time, and allowing our eye (via the 100 cameras) to circle the ‘frozen moments’ in 360-degree slow motion, cement powder and light are transformed into temporary sculptures that simultaneously have a certain lightness and heaviness to them. How We Fall visually enchantingly depicts man’s futile attempts to control change and postpone the inevitable. The slowing down of time makes one think how quickly and elusively it passes.