Heartbeat/Armpit (2003)
Heartbeat/Armpit (2003) is a looped digital video just under two and a half minutes long and with no sound, a rare format in Tillmans’s artistic world. At first glance, this piece with its stringent composition and seeming calm seems to resemble a photograph. What we see is a cropped section of an angled overhead shot of a young man lying bare chested on a carpet.On closer inspection minimal movements can be discerned within this harmonious composition. These minute movements attest to the fact that he is alive: we intuit his breath and heartbeat from the fact that his chest rises and falls gently, and the artery in his neck pulsates.
Director: Wolfgang Tillmans
Runtime: 3 min
Release Date: January 1, 2003
Language: No Language
Original Language: en
Keywords
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More Films by Director: Wolfgang Tillmans
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Heartbeat/Armpit about?
- Heartbeat/Armpit (2003) is a looped digital video just under two and a half minutes long and with no sound, a rare format in Tillmans’s artistic world. At first glance, this piece with its stringent composition and seeming calm seems to resemble a photograph. What we see is a cropped section of an angled overhead shot of a young man lying bare chested on a carpet.On closer inspection minimal movements can be discerned within this harmonious composition. These minute movements attest to the fact that he is alive: we intuit his breath and heartbeat from the fact that his chest rises and falls gently, and the artery in his neck pulsates.
- Who directed Heartbeat/Armpit?
- Heartbeat/Armpit was directed by Wolfgang Tillmans.
- How long is Heartbeat/Armpit?
- Heartbeat/Armpit has a runtime of 3m (3 minutes).