Delphine Richer
About the videos Chantier, Ombres Chinoises, Le Songe
In a lunar setting, the roles merge and blur. The machines and shadows become the actors of the scene in which humans seem to be spectators, waiting or wandering. The glow of a cigarette takes center stage while men in white shirts move randomly, crouching in the darkness or waiting with their arms crossed. The excavator turns, regularly, dancing a fluid and hypnotic movement.
4 minutes, 4 parts :
僾 Vague
奇怪 Strange
变化 Moving
敏感 Sensitive.
These titles present four video sequences that each express an aspect of my perception of China.
Video-poem, which delights in an unsettling sight and the sense(s)…
Colorful movement,
A shadow that slips away,
Backlighting, unruly focus,
Waiting, vacancy,
Without shadow no light.
Like a hypnopompic dream *.
CHANTIER (CONSTRUCTION SITE)
Video-installation
21min in loop
OMBRES CHINOISES (SHADOW PUPPETS)
THE DREAM
5min 45
With the sound of a peaceful breathing mixed with the sounds of a village, the camera slowly look at a Chinese street scene. Everyone goes about their business until the arrival of a young woman. Then, the scene takes a hazy turn tinged with abnormality.
Finally, the framing widens and reveals the scenery of an enigmatic village...
* State of incomplete awakening after sleeping.