Between 2008 and 2015, Alexandre Larose experimented in various ways with overlapping film recordings in the Brouillard series. From this series of layered time documents, #14, #15 and #16 are the most striking — all three recorded in a short period of time at the same location and with the same concept. The filmmaker uses a 35mm camera with 1000 feet / 300 metres of colour reversal film and walks in a single take from his parents’ house to the shore of nearby Lac Saint-Charles, close to Québec. Because the aperture is only slightly open, only tiny traces of light are created in the film emulsion from the brightest spots along the walk. By repeating this action and exposure multiple times, a slowly pulsating image is painted layer upon layer onto the film. The illuminated landscape is condensed by the camera into an enchanting documentation of time and place.
