RADAR REFLECT

On a small planet, caught up in their own little private universe, the inhabitants perform their poetically sur- real actions, which repeat themselves in an endless loop. That they are all part of a complex little ecosystem which can only function if each of them plays his or her role, is something they are unaware of.

FLIPPED explores the absurdity of a world where the roles of kids and adults are switched. The story follows a day full of bizarrely reversed interactions, unravelling the dynamics of this relationship.

A spaceman looks on as a disembodied tongue grows legs. A surreal adventure.

Not (a) part was conceived in relation to both the rapid decline of flying insects and the high recurrence of animation, handmade or contact film that works with the subject and/or material of flying insects. Numerous dead bees found on walks were positioned directly onto negative film and contact printed. Occupying approximately 24 frames they run at a rate of 1 bee per second.

Flipping through a series of record covers at breakneck speed forces the eye to sample the images it receives. Today in public space mobile technologies have moved from the transistor radio to the mobile phone. Here images no longer behave according to the laws of perspective.

The blue of the salt is the journey of a young woman bruised by a mourning who tries to find peace in her memory. The train on which we embark with her is a night crossing until dawn, between dream and reality. She finds there the desire to live and be present to the world.