Tangled

A needle is threaded to an atmospheric sound of whirring. The thread trembles, the image is strangely distorted. Fingers slave away on a workpiece of ambiguous material. Is it cloth with a black and white imprint? A photograph on paper? The whirring turns into the rattling of a sewing machine, its presence conveyed only by the soundtrack. Threading, stitching and sewing: Hand and machine initially do not work at the same speed – but eventually manual and automated labor rhythmically align. Suddenly the purposeful work comes to an abrupt halt, fingers become entangled in thread and "material", accompanied by...