1987
Lea Schiess’ video work is about how we experience time and space. What happens here, yes right here, right now, in this, exactly this moment? When watching her videos we become aware of something we are usually unaware of: the passage of time. But sometimes, when watching them, time stands still: you suddenly realize that it’s simply no longer there.
By generating such experiences she incorporates the viewer’s consciousness into her work. Schiess shows us what we knew all along, without realising that we knew it. She offers us unexpected experiences that provide a surprising glimpse of our own consciousness. She searches for the essence of small things in our daily life. She creates moments, here and now.