Philipp Artus’ snail trail is a 360-degree laser animation loop projected onto a column. The two-minute animation relates the story of a snail, which in response to its environment, keeps evolving new means of locomotion; ultimately inventing the wheel and eventually devolving back to its original form. The projection surface is made from a phosphorescent material creating an afterglow that slowly fades out. As a result of the phosphorescent trails, viewers can simultaneously see what happens, what has happened, and what will happen. This reflection on time is elaborated further through the endlessly cycling s***cture of the work as well as through the recurring pulse of sound and light, which refers to periodic natural phenomena like the tides or the seasons.
Philipp Artus
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Philipp Artus的“蜗牛轨迹”是一列360度的激光投射循环动画。两分钟的动画里讲述了蜗牛的故事，关于它与环境的互动，保持不断发展的新的运动方式，制造轮子，最终下放回到其原来的形式。
