Zhang Peili
One-Thousandth of a Second to One Second, 1995
electric fan, 22five-inch photographs mounted
with parchment paper
with parchment paper
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Photographs of an empty p lot of land wit h no defining characteristics whatsoever are taken with the camera set at the smallest possible aperture and progressing from the fastest...
Photographs of an empty p lot of land wit h no defining characteristics whatsoever are taken with
the camera set at the smallest possible aperture and progressing from the fastest shutter speed to the slowest, one shot at a time. The lens turns 180 degrees on a level plane,
photographing the space in front of it, and gradually moving to the space behind it, and moving from underexposed, to correct exposure, to underexposed. The photographs are
arranged in a horizontal row and fixed directly to the wall, each one covered with parch ment paper and continuously blown by an electric fan turning from side to side.
the camera set at the smallest possible aperture and progressing from the fastest shutter speed to the slowest, one shot at a time. The lens turns 180 degrees on a level plane,
photographing the space in front of it, and gradually moving to the space behind it, and moving from underexposed, to correct exposure, to underexposed. The photographs are
arranged in a horizontal row and fixed directly to the wall, each one covered with parch ment paper and continuously blown by an electric fan turning from side to side.
