Alain Longuet

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.

The escalator at the Centre Pompidou, envisioned as a metaphorical universe for the conquest of a contemporary grail in exploded colors.

Wanderings in landscapes of urban suburbs leading nowhere. 16mm processed by video in a strangely scintillating and electronic twilight.

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.

The escalator at the Centre Pompidou, envisioned as a metaphorical universe for the conquest of a contemporary grail in exploded colors.

Wanderings in landscapes of urban suburbs leading nowhere. 16mm processed by video in a strangely scintillating and electronic twilight.