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Technically speaking, a flatbed scanner functions as a digital camera with a moving image sensor. To produce a so‑called “successful” image, the sensor must travel from one end of the glass plate to the other while the object being scanned remains stationary. This mode of image rendering introduces a temporal latency that is uncommon—if not impossible—in conventional photographic processes.

The scanner’s inability to capture an instantaneous moment in the way a camera does, combined with its potential to record movements and changes during the scan duration, inspired me to experiment with the device using a non‑utilitarian approach. During each scan, objects are deliberately moved across the glass plate in an attempt to synchronize with the motion of the scan head. Each attempt at synchronization is thus recorded and compressed into a single image, one that depicts more than a single moment.