Since 2003 I create short, abstract, silent video poems.
I see these videos as "photographies with time added" because they are closer to still images: fix shot, no camera movement, no editing / seamless editing. They are the result of an instant, a specific place and time captured by the camera. None of them are planed, the recording happened as a result of a moment.
In 2004 I started to ask musicians to produce a soundtrack for them.
Each musician have to:
The idea is to change how the viewer perceives an image depending on its musical component
The result is a series of more than 50 videos.
Clic on the musician's name to play the corresponding version of the video.
1min53s, 2003, Nantes
Music by Davidly, Julien Quentel, Lifeloop, Richard Scott, Sciss and Yoann Trellu
2min26s, 2006, Northampton, MA
Music by Davidly, p.s stamp back, Sciss and Tetsuroh Konishi
2min05s, 2004, Hong Kong
Music by Davidly, Julien Quentel, Lifeloop, Mangrove Kipling, Sciss and Yoann Trellu