A trip through an electric desert, Dry Lights unfolds in an imagined environment of cacti and canyons, moving from hidden caves to lonely cliffs along pulsating rivers of light.
This experimental film lies somewhere between a site-specific installation and a performance, where choreographed lights meet organic landscapes. Like an imaginary city flickering in the dark, the lights beacon fragments of vague memories – faded moments, experiences, and topographies. A world in an erratic state of flux that seems to evade any grasp of clear control plays host to constantly alternating physical and mental landscapes. Moving without a destination in the dead hours of night, mesmerising, intermittent apparitions illuminate their surroundings, allowing personal narratives to breed.
Rising to the technical challenge of creating the foundation for this full 3D film almost entirely on my own, I partnered with composer Thomas Vaquié to set the stage for a singular universe to emerge.
More info: antivj.com/drylights
Credits:
Nicolas Boritch: Producer
hello@antivj.com
Xavier Chassaing: Director, Producer, Executive producer, Editing, Lighting, Clarisse rendering, Compositing, Environment TD designer, SFX.
Chassaing.xavier@gmail.com
Thomas Vaquié: Music and Sound Design
thomasvaquie.com/
Dor Shamir: Artistic Director, Compositing
dorshamir.blogspot.com
Xavier Leconte: Houdini Artist, Compositing
xavier@nozon.fr
nozon.com
Thomas Van Maele: Houdini Artist
papicrunch@gmail.com
Ilana Shamoon: Artistic adviser
fr.linkedin.com/pub/ilana-shamoon/8b/802/753
Executive Producer:
ANTIVJ
antivj.com/
Guillaume Marien
guillaume.marien@mathematic.tv
MATHEMATIC.TV
mathematic.tv/
Proyecta
proyecta.org
Software:
Clarisse
isotropix.com/
