"The inevitability of death and the transience and vanity of earthly achievements and pleasures. The themes of 17th century vanitas paintings (where symbols of art, science and earthly pleasures are put against symbols of death) are as timely as ever in this age. I give you a vanitas for the 21st century, created by video-projections on threedimensional objects. A still-life painted white in a darkened room brought to life by a technique sometimes called ”video-mapping”, meaning I have mapped the video-projections to fit the actual objects. Before the objects were painted white they were photographed, then animations were based on the photographs and projected back onto the objects and filmed. An illusion of reality arise."

Patrik Johansson, director

DIRECTOR: Patrik Johansson

PHOTO: Patrik Johansson