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Small Hours

By  Nick Grellier 2024

An animation (no sound) of about 160 images looped to 23 seconds. Drawings hand drawn in ink, charcoal, pen onto a series of printed photos in black and white (no colour perceivable in the dark of night). The drawn marks spider over a restless head which has both open and closed eyes. It’s both analogue - hand drawings using traditional drawing materials, and digital (a word which implies both technology, fingers and time passing (see 20:22) in the technology of animation, looping etc.

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