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 luminous point 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 likes to disturb the 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.