Spring
Living the rustle of the world, between vegetal force, air power, and organization, speech and human culture, beyond the borders of all kinds.
Nature and culture
The relationship with nature and the seasons pass is lived differently in different cultures and regions of the world. Brewing of several imaginary around this notion.
Diffusion
- 2016 : Spirit Magazine website.
- Spring (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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Rain A film by Benoît Labourdette (2’27s, 2015).
Children’s games in the rain. Danger lurks. -
Parisian sidewalk Photography
Series of photographs. Variation on the experience of a Parisian sidewalk.Shoot with the body, the hand that triggers the camera being an (…) -
Paul the tree Series of 25 photographs of a natural being.
I met Paul in 2021. We danced together.Paul is a tree born here, in a wood next to a big city. He was planted by human beings. He likes to (…) -
Moving forward into the impossible A film by Benoît Labourdette (4’54s, 2025).
After the negation of life, how can we move forward, in the impossible? -
Dead leaf A film by Benoît Labourdette (8’33s, 2012).
A little piece of nature in the middle of the city is a microcosm of nature impulses of life. Love, the mix of bodies, dramas, reunion, always. (…)