Stéphane Huter

A fictional video excursion: on a beautiful summer day, peaceable tourists take the Montenvers cog railway right up to the Mer de glace. Full of humour and affection, it pays homage to the films of Jacques Tati.

The still photograph is transformed and reframed in time in these exquisite collections of thirty-second "video postcards." An image of a city appears to be captured as a traditional postcard, frozen in time. Suddenly the photograph is "released," electronically brought to life for one heightened, anecdotal moment — a single gesture, a punctuating sound — and then frozen again. Witty and often poignant, these revelatory documents of time, place and memory denote a fleeting, ephemeral reality. A 32-minute version also exists, featuring additional postcards.

A fictional video excursion: on a beautiful summer day, peaceable tourists take the Montenvers cog railway right up to the Mer de glace. Full of humour and affection, it pays homage to the films of Jacques Tati.

The still photograph is transformed and reframed in time in these exquisite collections of thirty-second "video postcards." An image of a city appears to be captured as a traditional postcard, frozen in time. Suddenly the photograph is "released," electronically brought to life for one heightened, anecdotal moment — a single gesture, a punctuating sound — and then frozen again. Witty and often poignant, these revelatory documents of time, place and memory denote a fleeting, ephemeral reality. A 32-minute version also exists, featuring additional postcards.