Sat 20 March 2010 - 14:30
On the insatiable hunger for knowledge and Man’s quest for a place in time and space.
“Blue water and blue sky meet on emulsion.”
For a scientist, to measure is to understand. A woman is examined in every possible way. Human life confined in the framework of rationality. The question is whether the soul is to be found here.
A nostalgic reference to the era of John Whitney, father of computer animation, and Mary Ellen Bute, a specialist in visual music. Fans of the Spirograph will find an interesting alternative!
A woman travels a series of strange landscapes, in search of the primordial meaning of the word ‘algebra’, the Arabic word for connection or completion. We see a mosaic of animation and images from found objects, trying to understand and reconnect with the world.
A remarkable series of shots of images originating from Darwin’s A Voyage of the Beagle and from a recent journey to the Galapagos. A mathematical principle of Leonardo Da Vinci regulates the composition of the film.
A visual trip through the history of the universe from origin to extinction, accompanied by an arousing soundscape by Jim O’Rourke (Sonic Youth, Wilco).



