Phytography

16mm
8 minutes
colour
2020

Screenings:

Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival(Hawick)
Bogotá Experimental Film Festival (Bogotá)
International Festival of New Film (Split)
Antimatter [media art] (Victoria)
Engauge Experimental Film Festival (Seattle)
Mire (Nantes)
Peripheries Experimental Film and Video Festival(Boston)
Ribalta Experimental Film Festival (Vignola)
Oberhausen Short Film Festival (Oberhausen)
HIFF (Halifax)
Suspaustas Laikas (Vilnius, Klaipéda)
When the Light Hits Just Right (Vaasa)
Braziers IFF (Braziers Park)
Iklectik (London)
LUFF (Lausanne)
Viennale/Austrian Film Museum(Vienna)
Maison des Arts de Grand Quevilly (Grand Quevilly)
Scratch @ Luminor (Paris)
Labolargent (Marseille)
Athens Avant-garde Film Festival (Athens)
Cafe OTO (London)
Independent Film Show (Napoli)
La Verticale (Pleubian)
LaborBerlin (Berlin)
ULTRAcinema (Mexico City)
Cinemal (Palma de Mallorca)
L'Oeil Lucide (Cadouin)
L'École des Impatiences (Dieppe)
Laboratório da Torre (Porto)
Maison Européenne de la Photographie (Paris)
3Emeio Cultura em Movimento (Recife)
Filmverkstaden (Overmalax)

Exhibitions:

The Film Gallery (Paris)
Visions in the Nunnery (London)
Musée Albert Kahn (Paris)

Phytography dives into the rich and varied world of plant chemistry. This collection of organic 'objets trouvés' demonstrates how nature generates multiple creative solutions, each one structured intricately. Through the application of a simple chemical process, the selected leaves, petals and stems have imprinted their own images on the film's emulsion. Shapes, colours and rhythms whirl across the screen drawing the viewer into a world beyond language and speech. The film taps into a realm of mutualism and generosity, readily available despite the environmental havoc caused by human greed and overconsumption.