The 150 seconds of the video represent in fact only 2 seconds, the time it took to create the artwork and then ensure its complete destruction. A lifespan that serves as a metaphor of the natural cycle of everything that exists in the universe, a cycle of creation, destruction and new creation, driving us forward on a continuous quest to respond to our needs and comfort, but at what cost? ⁠-⁠ The portrait is based on archive pictures of workers from the factory that once stood here, and which at its height employed a workforce of over 8.000 people. It pays homage to them all, but is also a testament to ephemerality, even of the most enormous and complex industrial infrastructures created to produce what societies think is the best for us. I have crystallised it in a slow motion digital artwork, as an artifact of a new digital industrial era that is approaching at full speed, in a timeframe and territory where our presence will be progressively less evident. ⁠-⁠ This special project will be launched next week in collaboration with @niftygateway and I will be sharing more information on it in the coming days. The full details will be revealed on Wednesday 23 June at Nifty Gateway website. ⁠-⁠ A special thank you to my team at Vhils Studio that helped me turn this project into reality. Also thank you to @lindoservico.pt @pirotecnia_oleirense @ghostproductions.pt, @expandingroots, @solidogma, @glimpse.vfx, @pretu_xullaji, @vascoviana, #baíadotejo, #GJR and #BCLand for their important contribution. ⁠-⁠⠀ ⁠#vhils #alexandrefarto #alexandrefartoakavhils #nifty #niftygateway #editions #digitalart #contemporaryart #barreiro #portugal