Yesterday / Today is an exploration of time’s fluid, almost malleable nature. It seeks to understand whether today is a true departure from yesterday or simply a mirror image, altered only by perception. Through this piece, I play with type and words, subtly transforming them to create shifts in meaning and pacing, echoing the nuances of time itself. The work questions if we can truly say today is different, or if it’s merely a repeated echo, marked by variations too small to pinpoint.
The visual interplay within the piece attempts to capture both the slowness and speed of time, creating a tension between these opposing sensations. By altering the text’s form, spacing, and rhythm, I want to convey the elusive, stretching quality of time: sometimes moving rapidly and unpredictably, sometimes feeling so slow it almost stands still. In questioning time’s nature, Yesterday
Stills from video “Yesterday/today”