One Million Reshape I

Experimental • Germany 2017 • 5 min

This stop-motion short captures the first 2,088 porcelain vessels from the ongoing art project ONE MILLION BY ULI AIGNER.

Synopsis

In 2014, artist Uli Aigner began her art project ONE MILLION: a lifelong endeavor to produce 1,000,000 hand-thrown, numbered porcelain vessels. Each object is shaped on the potter’s wheel, engraved with a unique number in the order of its creation, and documented online.

Every vessel is photographed and geolocated on an interactive world map, forming a constantly growing global network of users and collectors — a kind of real-time archaeology that traces human connection through craft.

The experimental short film ONE MILLION RESHAPE I visualizes the first 2,000 porcelain pieces. Each object appears for exactly three frames, creating a fast-paced sequence that animates the vessels into motion. The result is a digital flipbook, where form, repetition, and rhythm transform physical objects into a flowing visual experience — echoing the meditative nature of Aigner’s process and the passage of time.