A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
March 17, 2022
Original Title:
elles s’élèvent, ces forteresses éponges
Alternate Titles:
they rise, these sponge fortresses
Production Companies:
Vidéographe
Production Countries:
Canada
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 7
Guillaume Vallée explores and interrogates the partially erased sensory memory of his adolescent years in this cameraless animated short created using a 35mm trailer for Céline Sciamma’s feature film WATER LILIES (NAISSANCE DES PEIUVRES, 2007). This process of resuscitating long-buried experiences and forgotten remembrances derives from the materiality of the 35mm stock, the nature of the filmed images and Vallée’s painted and scratched interventions directly on the film emulsion.
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