visual artist & filmmaker
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Florinda Ciucio (Antwerp, 1993) is a visual artist and film-
maker from Belgium. She holds a Master’s degree in Film
Directing from LUCA School of Arts Brussels. After directing
short documentaries, she expanded her practice into video
art and installation.
Working with moving image, CGI, archival material, photo-
graphy and sound, her practice explores how technology and
images shape our perception of reality. Her works often fo-
cus on landscapes, memory and digital media, questioning
the distance between what is real and what is constructed,
projected or imagined.
Her work has been supported by the Flanders Department
of Culture and Arts, VOCATIO and the Flanders Film Fund,
and developed through residencies at Viafarini Milan and
Cité Internationale des Arts Paris. Her work has been pre-
sented internationally, including at LOOP Barcelona, Noor-
derlicht Biennale, IDFA, DOK Leipzig, Castel Belasi and Espace
Vanderborght Brussels.
FLORINDA CIUCIOLET’S ALL SLOW DOWN TIME TOGETHER
LET’S ALL SLOW DOWN TIME TOGETHER
2022, 6’, video intervention
in frame of an artist residency in Cité Internationale des Arts Paris
sound by Maria Wildeis
DESCRIPTION
LET’S ALL SLOW DOWN TIME TOGETHER is an immersive installation that invites viewers to collectively reclaim their perception of time. It draws on research suggesting that experiences of awe, such as watching a sunset, can alter and slow down our sense of time.
The video consists of a digital image that mimics the shifting colors and movement of a sunset, a stripped-down choreography. By watching it, viewers are invited to pause and experience a shared sense of slowing down. In doing so, they create a collective intervention in the room by “decelerating time” within the space. This becomes a quiet protest against the fast pace of contemporary life and underlines the power of the collective.
The work also reflects on the diminishing role of shared contemplation in public space. Moments of stillness shared with strangers, such as watching a sunset together, have become increasingly rare yet remain essential forms of connection, made especially clear after years of isolation during the pandemic.
The soundscape, created by Maria Wildeis, is based on a church bell - historically used to mark time - slowed down, reversed, and combined with birdsong, producing a meditative, non-linear experience of time.