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Video series in the tradition of hand-made cutout animations, 2025
4 Ultra-UHD videos (4K), paper, steel needles
 
„Silenced but recognizable“, 1:16 min.,
„Restart“, 1:46 min.,
„Adjust“, 1:02 min.,  
„Once again“1:25 min.
 
Video studio: BBK Media Workshop, Berlin
Color grading: Fabiana Caralda, Cologne

In the style of handmade cutout animations, Michael Fesca attaches numbers and letters to and from a kind of blackboard. They sway on thin pins, one touching the other. Each added letter readjusts the semantic content. “Art” becomes ‘start’ becomes “restart.”

This work was produced for the Hi(e)s TV exhibition.  
Apartment Project Berlin, September–October 2025
with Raha Faridi, Oda Projesi (Özge Acikkol & Seçil Yersel), Nour Sokhon, Emre Birismen, Encounter Lab (Selim Hill, Asya Birsel, Can Haykir), Selda Asal. HisTV is a project that has been realized in several editions since 2016.