X-rays of Time is a series of long-form animation artworks that slowly evolve in texture, colour, and form. Each work is generated from an ultra-slow walk through a specific environment and paired with immersive binaural audio recordings that guide the listener through that real-world location as a virtual journey. Designed to loop indefinitely, the works encourage viewers to pause, linger, and engage deeply with the present moment.

Visually, the animations are composed of constantly morphing abstract textures in which subtle photographic details emerge and dissolve over time. Multiple moments are layered and superimposed, blurring distinctions between the present and the immediate past. The works function as “x-rays of time” or “living paintings,” tracing pathways through landscapes and urban spaces while revealing patterns of gradual transformation that often go unnoticed at ordinary speeds.

The artist explores states of stillness, mindfulness, and temporal expansion, creating experiences that exist between past, present, and near future. Through ultra-slow movement and deliberate observation, the works draw attention to environmental rhythms and patterns — from clouds, wind, and cicadas in natural settings to traffic, commuting, and continual human activity in urban spaces.

To create the works, the artist undertakes slow, quiet walks in diverse environments, capturing high-resolution photographs and binaural field recordings. This mindful walking practice directly informs the pace and structure of the animations. The camera consistently records the ground beneath the artist’s feet — pathways, coastlines, creeks, wetlands, and borders between land and water — resulting in flat, surface-oriented imagery reminiscent of aerial views.

The animations combine textured abstraction with geometric divisions that evoke both modernist painting and spatial illusion. The artist describes the process as “painting” with photography and walking rather than with traditional tools. Though visually aligned with the flatness of the screen or projection surface, the works possess a subtle liveness: images evolve almost imperceptibly over time, completely transforming within minutes despite appearing nearly static at first glance.

Sound plays a central role in grounding the viewer within the present moment. The audio consists of unaltered stereo field recordings captured during the walks themselves, preserving the sounds of movement through each environment from the perspective of the artist’s own ears. Heard through headphones, the recordings create a heightened sense of three-dimensional space, populated by layered environmental details such as flowing water, insects, wind, and distant aircraft.

Through these ultra-slow artworks, the artist investigates presence, duration, and attentiveness, using time-based media to reveal beauty within everyday environments. As a counterpoint to the speed and distraction of contemporary life, the works advocate for slowness, patience, and deeper awareness. By encouraging sustained observation and listening, they invite viewers into an altered perceptual rhythm in which subtle details, textures, and temporal shifts become newly perceptible.

I enact ultra slow quiet walks in different environments, capturing hi-resolution photographs and binaural audio recordings that I use to make these animation artworks. Embedded in the work is my mindful intentional walking practice, it dictates the slow pace. "