By mutually overlapping and approaching each other, mildly distorted images that have been photographed by a device sensitive to infrared radiation produce an almost hypnotic collage. This enchanting short film – created through optical illusion, perspective, the objects under observation, and even the camera itself – can cause one’s head to spin.
Michiel van Bakel built an infrared camera to take hundreds of photographs of the forest. Through overlapping and converging, the director shifts the distorted images, which transmit imperceptible aspects of nature to the human eye, into a hypnotic collage. This enchanting short film – created through optical illusion, perspective, the objects under observation, and even the camera itself – can cause one’s head to spin.
Hubert Poul
3 min / Color, Black & White, DCP
Director Michiel van Baken
/ Dir. of Photography Michiel van Bakel
/ Editor Michiel van Bakel
/ Art Director Michiel van Bakel
/ Producer Michiel van Bakel
/ Production Zinc Garden
/ Contact Zinc Garden
www: www.michielvanbakel.nl/2018/01/forest-paths-forget-heidegger-2
Michiel van Bakel (b. 1966, Netherlands). Selected filmography: Hovering over Wasteland (1998), 5 AM (2002), Equestrian (2003), Inner Machine (2007), Sensibel (2009), Walking City Redox (2011), Fly-Over (2013), Zen Garden (2014), Multicolor Red Granite (2015), Mill in Sunlight (2015), Road Trip to the Dutch Mountains (2016)
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