4 minutes of a dude smoking. That's it. That's the art.
Shot at 2,000 frames per second, this short shows a man exhaling smoke in incredibly slow motion.
Cinematography
2,000 fps makes smoke look like living silk.
Direction
Joe Jones dared to ask: what if we just... watched?
Director
Joe Jones
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the Fluxus movement, which basically trolled the art world by calling everyday actions 'art.' Warhol wished he was this petty.
Joe Jones was a Fluxus composer who made 'instruction pieces' — this film is essentially a visual score where the 'music' is time itself slowed to absurdity.
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