The surface does not develop compositionally.
It records passage.
Change is continuous but non-hierarchical.
Structure holds through accumulation without emphasis.
The surface does not develop compositionally.
It records passage.
Change is continuous but non-hierarchical.
Structure holds through accumulation without emphasis.
Time is usually legible through events, divisions, or narrative markers.
Here, no event separates one moment from the next.
Difference appears gradually, without contrast or signal.
The surface does not announce change.
It absorbs it.
What remains present is duration sustained without hierarchy or conclusion.
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