Invisibilities

Shot in the dead of night in a Malaysian village, this video is an exploration of perception and consciousness. While the people sleep, their village is owned and roamed by the creatures of the night – existing on the edges of (and beyond) human perception. By slowing down the footage, the ultrasonic sounds of some bats and insects suddenly become audible; while time and space collapse in this dreamlike, scotopic otherworld of the nighthawks.

Meanwhile, in their beds and hammocks, the villagers’ unconscious bodies rise and fall as they inhale and exhale the warm night air.

5a.m, and in a bedroom, an alarm clock wrenches some sleepers into consciousness. Somewhere, above the corrugated iron roofs, a public address system springs noisily to life as a sleepy muezzin starts calling the faithful to prayer.

Please watch in a dark environment… you’ll struggle to see anything otherwise.