Rijst (Rice), 1995

16 mm film loop, colour, 0’18″
projector, loop system, paper, aluminium, mirror, shelf
projection size 15,4 x 21 cm
edition 5 + 1 AP

Note / During a taxi trip in Indonesia, Van Warmerdam suddenly shouted: ‘Whoa, whoa, whoa… stop! I saw something!’ On the side of the road she saw a young woman separating the rice from the husks in a rhythmic tempo. She made Rice with a simple 16mm wind-up camera.