Wrinkled Soles Pressed on Glass, 4K

At EU 36 (US 5.5), these are feet that fit entirely within the glass panel. She slides them forward and back, and each movement leaves a faint print on the surface – moisture, warmth, the natural oils that bare skin transfers on contact. The camera shoots from below the glass at times, giving you the view straight up through the surface at flattened soles. From this angle wrinkle lines look like roads on a relief map, each one casting a micro-shadow visible only because glass holds the light differently than wood or fabric.

She touches her toes with her fingers, pulling them back to stretch the arch and reveal deeper wrinkle lines beneath the ball of each foot. The creases are pronounced – not the faint lines you see on younger feet but real, defined folds that shift and reform with every flex. At certain angles you can count four or five distinct horizontal lines running parallel across each sole.

Halfway through, the setting shifts. She stands, and there are black mule heels on the floor beside the chair. She steps out of them and walks barefoot on the grey studio floor, and the transition from glass to concrete reveals how differently her soles respond to texture. On glass they were smooth and pressed flat. On the hard floor they grip, scrunch, and show every tendon in action. Her toes curl against the surface with each step.

Standing at 160 cm (5’3″), she looks down toward the camera, which sits at ground level capturing her soles from below as she takes slow, deliberate steps. The wrinkle lines are deep when she lifts each foot, then compress when she puts weight down. There is a rhythm to it – lift, wrinkle, step, flatten.

She returns to the chair for the final minutes, sliding her feet back onto the glass. The surface is warmer now, and her soles settle into it differently than they did at the start. Less tension, more spread, deeper contact. The wrinkles that were sharp and defined early on have softened into broader folds.

Close to nine minutes of bare skin against glass and concrete. The surface changes. The feet adapt. That is the whole show.