This was a piece I produced for the Centre for Art Tapes Reels to Reels Competition.

This piece is about time and expectation -specifically the morning time and expectations for the day to come. The beginning of the day always brings a certain amount of anticipation - what will happen, who will we meet, what will they say? But the first thing the morning brings is coffee.

This is an ode to the first creation of the day - the creation of the first cup of coffee - it reflects that anticipatory morning feeling. In this piece all of the human actions are sped up, because they can be, because we have control over them and the speed at which they occur. We can grind our coffee and turn on our stoves in any order and at any pace that suits us. However, we do not control the temperature at which water boils. We do not choose the moment when that boiled water bursts forth from the lower chamber of the espresso pot and seeps through the metal filter above. We have no control over these physical variables. That is beyond us - much like the knowledge of what the day will hold.

All we can do is wait.

photo by InvernoDreaming