From a high angle we see a figure seated behind a table, clothed in black, with his forearms resting on the table-edge. The figure rolls some papery substance between his thumb and forefinger. The substance emits a powdery vapour; it is twisted, tucked into the hand, like a magician concealing a handkerchief, then unfolded, smoothed and stretched taut, at which point we glimpse an image of a face, visible on one side; it appears to be a page from a glossy magazine. The ritual continues repeatedly – roll, twist, tuck, unfold – as if submitting the page to a kind of manual torture. All the while the page loses more and more of its gloss and elasticity. It acquires infinitesimal creases, and the hands become increasingly stained by the powdery residue from the sheet, so that an exchange seems to be taking place: the fingers acquire new layers and become coarse like textile, the paper loses its surface and becomes smooth like skin, the image vanishes in the crinkled folds.

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合取：用当代艺术家的动态影像进行拓扑思考

从高处望去，我们看到一个人坐在桌子后面，一身黑衣，前臂搁在桌沿上。人影在他的拇指和食指之间滚动了一些纸质物质。该物质散发出粉状蒸气；它被扭曲，塞在手中，就像魔术师隐藏手帕一样，然后展开，平滑并拉紧，此时我们瞥见了一张脸的图像，在一侧可见；它似乎是一本光面杂志的一页。仪式不断重复——滚动、扭曲、折叠、展开——仿佛将页面提交给一种手工折磨。与此同时，页面失去了越来越多的光泽和弹性。它获得了无限小的折痕，双手被床单上的粉末状残留物越来越多地弄脏，因此似乎正在发生交换：