A self-portrait shot in Super8 depicting the sensorial chaos of living with permanent tinnitus as infinite waves.

A self-portrait shot in Super8 depicting the sensorial chaos of living with permanent tinnitus as infinite waves.

On a film reel electrified by static charges, we meet five people who survived the impact of lightning.

In Quebec, as everywhere around the world, the Spring of 2020 was drastically changed by the Covid 19 pandemic. I decided to make the most of this extraordinary period by putting the disruption caused to the season of rebirth into images in a short animated film. Using my scanner to animate an assortment of flowers gathered from my neighbourhood and objects from my daily life allowed me to cast a distanced and light-hearted eye at this anxiety inducing global situation. The black, rectangular surface of the scanner is the sole backdrop of the film, like a representation of our confinement within four walls.”

"Lumen" (meaning "light" in Latin) is a sensory film shot on Super-8 that portrays a young girl with oculocutaneous albinism. Despite the hypersensitivity caused by this genetic disease, the depigmentation of her skin and eyes gives her an extraordinary aura.

A self-portrait shot in Super8 depicting the sensorial chaos of living with permanent tinnitus as infinite waves.

"Lumen" (meaning "light" in Latin) is a sensory film shot on Super-8 that portrays a young girl with oculocutaneous albinism. Despite the hypersensitivity caused by this genetic disease, the depigmentation of her skin and eyes gives her an extraordinary aura.

"Lumen" (meaning "light" in Latin) is a sensory film shot on Super-8 that portrays a young girl with oculocutaneous albinism. Despite the hypersensitivity caused by this genetic disease, the depigmentation of her skin and eyes gives her an extraordinary aura.

Marie-Christine, who lost her sight some years ago, explores life in a particularly sensory way ,through her fingertips. Through her personal experience, she awaken her son's curiosity and sense of wonder about the beauty of the universe. Drawing from a constellation of highly textured analogue images and a rich tapestry of sound, Orbit journeys into the sensorial depths of Marie-Christine's memory, pondering the very essence of love and legacy.