L.I.N.E.
A voice emerges from the field of image and sound.
Voice
What is a voice device ? Air flowing at certain speeds and power in a three-dimensional body moving in contractions-relaxations in various parts of its volume, various rhythms and intensities, the vibration setting in many ways, depending on the material, that is itself varied. All this produce phonemes that will form the articulated words, by what is called the voice. Speaking voice, singing voice ...
These simple principles are embodied in such a rich reality of possibilities it has not been so far successful to be fully modeled by man artificially.
So there are still some exciting mysteries in the formation of the human voice.
Metaphor
This is the metaphor of voice fabrication that is at work in the work of making this film. Lines, movements, their inflections, their rhythms, breathing that animates and sudden pressure changes of muscles holding the camera, visually tangible, are an exploration fantasized vocal device. But this metaphor is only mine in “behind the scenes”. It is not the film.
- L.I.N.E. (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. -
The line A film by Benoît Labourdette (4’06s, 2020).
Light is what gives existence. -
Cyan Magenta Yellow Black Painting
Revisit the principles of four-colour printing, with inks and ashes. Fifteen “numerical paintings”.Mechanical colour reproduction does not use (…) -
Lifeline Loop video by Benoît Labourdette (2’14s, 2000).
Lateral travelling.