People’s National Theatre
People emerged from the collective memory.
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Some places, by their stage design, put us in touch with the history that took place there, presentifying it, connecting to the great history and our own personal history. This is the case of Villeurbane’s “Théâtre National Populaire (TNP)” (France). Personal interpretation of a fragment of this place.
- Théâtre National Populaire (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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Taxis Création vidéo de Benoît Labourdette (2’16s, 2014).
Des lumières dans la nuit. -
Stars Photography
Series of photographs.The long obturation photographs at night with camera movements produce drawings, often very aesthetic visual universe, (…) -
Hope Un film de Benoît Labourdette (1’50s, 2018).
To cling to pillars planted in the water for centuries, to hope. -
Door A film by Benoît Labourdette (1’54s, 2018).
Listening at the doors. A deeper, poetic and contemplative exercise than one might imagine at first glance. -
Luminescent Calligrammes