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THE SHADOW WENT HOME
A temple was saved from the water. Its horizon was not.
Inspired by David Roberts's 1848 watercolor The Temple at Dendur, Nubia from The Met Open Access collection. The Temple of Dendur was relocated from Nubia to New York to save it from rising waters caused by the Aswan High Dam. In this 42-second film, the stone remains inside The Met while its shadow slips through glass, crosses the water, and returns to the footprint it left beside the Nile.
The piece asks what preservation means when an object survives but its place cannot follow.
Original Met artwork:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/382200
Created in FLORA, with final pacing, compositing, sound design, and continuity work by NexusHub Studio.
wow....! these visuals look straight from the met gallery!! Lovely pick ups..!!
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