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The French kinetical researcher E.J. Marey (1830 - 1904) realised that movement could be analysed with the use of photographic stills. The consequences of Marey's revolutionary insight are well-known. A whole film industry was founded on it, and - more importantly - the way we look at things was changed for ever. The protagonist of 'Accidents in the Home no. 15 - Domestiques' is in an apparent state of rest: the cup of coffee and newspaper next to him surely indicate as much? Suddenly, however, his own image appears before him dressed as a racing cyclist and seated on a bicycle on rollers. From his chair he observes his (own) performance. They outstrip everything, even the dates on the calendar change. In an analogue to Marey's seizing on a so-called 'plaque fixe' the image of a cyclist dismounting, and thereby being able to study 'frozen movement', the man approaches (his) cyclist and applies the brake to the rolle. A last image of a rotating bicycle wheel lands in his cup of coffee and via a 'freeze' comes to a definitive halt.
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Henny Kamphuizen
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Camera: Robin Thorburn, Editing: Graham Young, Jane Thorburn, Music: Mircea Nitu, With: Matthew Tyson
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