Its Existence Commenced This Hour

ITS EXISTENCE COMMENCED THIS HOUR works with a constantly changing stream of images (edited found footage and original material), visual fragments of thoughts, barely recognizable bodies, memories and hallucinations, and ornamental image compositions. The film has no narrative development and is accompanied by minimalist music with a metallic, bell-like sound. The film attempts to trigger a state of perception, and perception is always subjective. This means that each viewer will have their own interpretation. ITS EXISTENCE COMMENCED THIS HOUR is cinematic poetry. The film lasts exactly one hour—it needs this time to give space to perception, to forget time, and to immerse oneself in a continuum in which one can drift. In this respect, the film requires its viewers to detach themselves from the idea of conventional narrative structures created with the help of dramatic tension. ITS EXISTENCE COMMENCED THIS HOUR is inspired by minimal music, drone music, and non-European music such as gamelan and raga. The film's title is a quote from a book by the English botanist, naturalist, and religious writer Philip Henry Gosse (1810–1888).