Rachid’s
The small trace left on a surface, on a “skin”, is perhaps the most important thing there is.
I try to capture the organic movements of these tiny traces, which may be the source of life. Perhaps the image of a man’s face is hidden between the lines of the kaleidoscope as, it is believed, the trace of the face of Christ was printed on her funeral shroud.
The shroud of Turin :
- Rachid’s (MPEG4)
The kaleidoscope, a figure made up of mirrored replications of the same image, offers a very “organic” vision of things. Like a visual metaphor for cell division, it opens up a realm of perceptions and emotions far beyond the mere decoration it might at first appear to embody. This figure, very rare in films, has always questioned me, which is why I’ve been exploring it in film for a long time.
It’s been a nice surprise to see animated kaleidoscopes flourishing on screens over the last four or five years, in film and series credits in particular. I invite you to read the manifesto text on the practice of animated kaleidoscopes, which I wrote ten years ago, in 2014: « Thinking about moving kaleidoscope image ».
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Flowers from the grave, video/organic installation, Garden Festival of Chaumont sur Loire Artistic installation
Video-vegetal installation.Into the International Garden Festival of Chaumont-sur Loire, the landscape architect Jean-Philippe Poirée-Ville has (…) -
Moon in the water Film by Benoît Labourdette (2’45s, 2014).
Dialogue between a haiku of Ueda Chôshû and organic-generative kaleidoscopes images made with reality. -
Call for air Arras Moving screenings
Benoît Labourdette’s movies in a travelling projection program in Arras (France).In the context of the manifestation of contemporary art “Call (…) -
Remember here by the window A collective film, initiated and edited by Benoît Labourdette (1h01’, 2009-2020).
Look out your window at home, and think of an important memory.This collective film is composed of 44 videos (among 500 made) shot by people in (…) -
Movement (thought 129) A film by Benoît Labourdette (1’22s, 2020).
At night, truths are sometimes revealed to us so lucid that they don’t survive the return of light.