Matthieu Saladin

Dust Devil

2017

(video GIF; cellphone with broken screen)

The video of a whirlwind of dust filmed in a desert runs on a loop on the broken screen of a mobile phone left abandoned on the ground. When in the presence of other works, the piece makes no sound but when on its own in a room, the soundtrack (noise of the wind in the microphone) is amplified at very high volume, creating an effect of saturation in the space.