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SUNSHINE ROYALE MOTEL
ONE ROOM, A NEW STORY EVERY DAY
A CINEMAGRAPH EXHIBITION
TIME
Time elapsing is only noticeable when observing motion. It is what makes us register the ticking of the clock. But the interesting thing about time is that it only exists in the past and in the future. This very moment, the here and now, is so elusive that it can only be seen when there is no motion at all.
In a photograph we capture the existence of this present moment by freezing time. However, when we add subtle motion to a frozen moment, time can be extended within this vacuum and seems to last forever.
STORY
You are in an unknown city, staying in a run-down motel taking a shower. As you close the tap and turn to use the scruffy towel to dry yourself, you walk back into the room you just entered for the very first time.
This is your sanctuary now, your home. Yesterday it belonged to someone else. And tomorrow, after you’ve checked out, it will do so once more.
Welcome to Sunshine Royale Motel. One room, a new story every day.
guests
Barbara Sloesen
Barrie Stevens
Dennis Willekes
Erik de Vogel
Gerrie van der Klei
Humberto Tan
Imanuelle Grives
Isa Hoes
Jody Bernal
Loiza Lamers
Lucas Hamming
Nowi Hagen
Michael Muyderman
Puck Pomelien Busser
cinemagraphs
This series of living photographs, or cinemagraph are a mix between photo and video. Just like in a regular still frame, in a cinemagraph, time is frozen. Yet subtle moving elements bring the frame to life.
Individually they will playback in an endless loop, creating the illusion of never-ending motion. The partially frozen parts, combined with the recurring movements give the images a strange and hypnotic effect.
about the ARTIST
Michel Mölder is an Amsterdam based photographer who specialises in cinemagraphs. He started his career as a camera operator shooting mostly travel shows for Dutch television. Years of experimentation with the combination of both motion and still-imaging media has ultimately resulted in his current and all-out passion for cinemagraphs.
During the course of his career and years of traveling, Mölder has visited and stayed in countless hotel rooms around the world. And it is from a fascination for these soulless places he has so often had to call ‘home’ that the idea for Sunshine Royale was born.
FILMSET
This art project was shot in a small film set build inside an old warehouse. Together with his friend and Dop from this project, Johan Dijkstra, Michel worked for almost two years on constructing the stage for Sunshine Royale Motel.
From testing five different colors on the bathroom tiles to vintage American wall outlets, it were the smallest details that ultimately tied the room together.
team
this project would not have been possible without the help of this group of passionate professionals
Director: Michel Mölder
Dop: Johan Dijkstra
Assistant director: Anouk Maas
Gaffer: De Lichtmacht
Head Hair & Make-up: Kayleigh Schultz
Hair & Make-up: Madelon Prinsen & Sisley Angenois
Styling: Evita Broere
Setdressing: Kirsten Hanssen
Set aging: Andrea vd Kolk & Nicole Kroes
Copywriter: Claudio Tapia
Casting & Production: Cameleon Productions B.V.
Strategic Advisor: Robert Jan Glas
Setdesign: Michel Mölder & Johan Dijkstra
Edit/VFX: Michel Mölder
Agent: Het Agentschap
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