Fald, the shell
The upholsterer's hands closing the last seam, which takes rather longer than the film suggests.
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Why we film
A photograph tells you what a room looks like. It cannot tell you how long the light takes to cross the floor, how the door sounds, or how a room behaves at four in the afternoon in February. So for most projects we also film — usually badly, always slowly, and never with a crew larger than two.
The films are made in one visit, on a tripod, without additional lighting and without a script. Nothing is staged and nothing is graded beyond a single pass. They are not promotional and are not, for the most part, very short.
From the films
Stills from the archive. Each one links to the project it was filmed in.
Grain & Grey, water
The reservoir floor, shot from above, as the light crosses the standing water.
The project
Vinterhavn, corridor at dusk
The hotel's upper deck, filmed in one continuous take before the first guests arrived.
The project
Alder House, the colonnade
Twelve hours of evening light across a timber colonnade, compressed to ninety seconds.
The project
Sult, first fire
Service beginning, filmed from the far side of the hearth without a light on the room.
The project
Vand, twelve coats
Five weeks in a Kyoto workshop, cut down to the four minutes between coats.
The project