Recycled / Reciklirano
Lei Lei, Thomas Sauvin
2013, China, 5’40”
Over the years the French collector Thomas Sauvin built an archive of more than half a million 35mm negatives, depicting the capital and the life of its inhabitants over three decades.
Francoski zbiratelj Thomas Sauvin je z leti ustvaril arhiv več kot pol milijona 35-milimetrskih negativov, ki prikazujejo prestolnico in življenje njenih prebivalcev v obdobju treh desetletij.
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The featured images come from negatives salvaged from a recycling plant on the edge of Beijing, where they had been sent to be filtered for their silver nitrate content. Lei Lei selected over 3000 photos to create this animation.
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Podobe v filmu izvirajo iz negativov, rešenih iz reciklažnega obrata na obrobju Pekinga, kamor so bili poslani, da bi iz njih pridobili srebrov nitrat. Za ustvarjanje te animacije je Lei Lei izbral več kot 3000 fotografij.
Language: English (on-screen text)
Technique: Photography collage animation
Recommended for children under 14 years of age: Yes
Team
Animation: Lei Lei, Thomas Sauvin
Music: Zafka Zhang
Lei Lei
born in 1985. His works are based on the organization and research of ready-made and found images, combined with digital shooting and parody, weaving together abandoned images, oral histories, fragmented online videos, official documentaries, commercial product catalogs, myths or legends, etc., to create visual poetry and prose. Lei Lei's art works include films, live music and drama. His video installation works have been exhibited in institutions such as the UCCA in Beijing, Shanghai OCAT Art Museum, Xi'an OCAT Art Museum, Shanghai MOCA Art Center, Tokyo TOP Museum, and Rencontres d'Arles International Photography Festival in France, and have been collected by important art institutions and art galleries. In addition, Lei Lei's film works have been selected and won awards at important international film festivals including the Berlinale Film Festival, Rotterdam Film Festival, New York MoMA NFND, Melbourne Film Festival, and Hong Kong International Film Festival.
Find more: www.leilei-studio.com/about