From January 1 through December 31, 2001, the photographer and new media artist Hiroyuki Masuyama took a photograph on the same path every day. Each day for the first half year he moved the camera about one-and-a-half meters ahead from the point where he had taken the picture the previous day, then retraced his steps. He used this method to cover a distance of two hundred meters, forward and back again. After the end of the year he edited the photographs together into a video loop. That enables the viewer to travel the same path as the photographer, while the seasons flash by him rapidly. In DER WEG 01.01.2001 - 31.12.2001 (2002) one year is summed up in minutes.

Hiroyuki Masuyama (Japan/Germany, b. 1967) manipulates photographs and video footage digitally to produce abstract images that travel through space and time. He followed various art courses and divides his time between Germany and Japan. His work has been shown in several dozen group and solo exhibitions in the two countries.

Courtesy Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Germany/Lebanon