Heartbeat/Armpit(2003)
3 min · Directed by Wolfgang Tillmans
Streaming or on digital now
Heartbeat/Armpit (2003) is a looped digital video just under two and a half minutes long and with no sound, a rare format in Tillmans’s artistic world. At first glance, this piece with its stringent composition and seeming calm seems to resemble a photograph. What we see is a cropped section of an angled overhead shot of a young man lying bare chested on a carpet.On closer inspection minimal movements can be discerned within this harmonious composition. These minute movements attest to the fact that he is alive: we intuit his breath and heartbeat from the fact that his chest rises and falls gently, and the artery in his neck pulsates.
Where to watch
Not available to stream, rent, or buy in the US yet.
US release dates
- Digital
- January 1, 2003
