“...If I had only one breath left, I would put all the flowers in your hands…” A holding on to the first moment of touch. An enduring grip that cannot be separated by any emptiness.
The seizure & cultivation of an intractable dual grace. “To Stop Time” is a poem co-written by ReVerse Butcher & Kylie Supski; & a Virtual Sculpture & Soundtrack by ReVerse Butcher, presented as an 11.18min videopoem cinematic. Virtual Sculpture & Soundtrack made natively in VR using Open Brush & Virtuoso VR, & an HP Reverb G2 VR Headset. Featuring hand-made textures constructed using pen, acrylic ink & vintage paper stock, & turned digital using the Adobe Substance Suite. Cinematic made using Unreal Engine 5 & Adobe Premiere Pro.
The video, VR art/Virtual Sculpture, & music composition appearing in this production was produced independently in 2023 by ReVerse Butcher. The text of this poem was written by Kylie Supski & ReVerse Butcher & completed in 2022 as part of the "Electric Cathedral" project. This project was assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
Special Thanks to Andrea Heinrichs for her assistance with the Spanish language subtitle translation.
