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A blind man reports on an eclipse, a light phenomenon that he perceives through senses that do not involve sight. He takes us by the hand and guides us through the dark, through this temporary event that transforms the world as we know it. In the midst of the darkness comes a presence, visible at the sudden fall of nighttime, til the sun inevitably rises again.
True to tradition, the camera captures what temporarily passes us by. It is akin to trying to project the sun into our home in order to admire and capture the great cosmic movements.
In this encounter between work by visual artists Anouk De Clercq and Tom Callemin, light and darkness also meet. Their respective worlds continually find themselves in the realm of the barely visible, in black-and-white, in the fascination with what light can reveal.
A collaboration with Tom Callemin.
Sound Kwinten Van Laethem
Soundmix Rémi Gérard, Empire Digital
Animation Thomas De Brabanter
Camera Assistant Pol Herrmann
Produced by Auguste Orts
Executive Producer Marie Logie, Ann Goossens
Production Assistant Jana Coorevits
With the support of Flemish Audiovisual Fund, School of Arts Ghent, Herculeslab
Distributed by Auguste Orts, Arsenal, Light Cone, LIMA
Previously on display at the following locations
- Cinematek Brussel (BE),
- Berlinale Berlin (DE),
- FIFA Montreal (CA),
- FRACTO Experimental Film Encounter Berlin (DE),
- Festival For Short Film, Animation & Music Video - VIS Vienna (AT),
- Independiente Festival Internacional de Cine Lima (PE),
- Light Cone Paris (FR),
- OMSI Portland (US),
- Looiersgracht 60 Amsterdam (NL),
- International Film Festival Kaunas (LT),
- Festival du nouveau cinéma Montreal (CA),
- KASKcinema Gent (BE),
- National Art Gallery Vilnius (LT),
- Art Pavilion MAS Antwerpen (BE),
- Film Festival Glasgow (GB),
- Musée National des Beaux-Arts Quebec (CA),
- Festival International du Film sur l'Art Montreal (CA),
- REDCAT Los Angeles (US),
- Ausland Berlin (DE),
- Filmforum Los Angeles (US),
- HKW Berlin (DE),
- Filmforum Los Angeles (US),
- California Institute of the Arts Los Angeles (US),
- LAB111 Amsterdam (NL),
- Cinema RITCS Brussels (BE),
- Henry Luce III Center for the Arts & Religion Washington (US),
- Stations of the Cross Hengelo (NL),