Léonard Barbier-Hourdin
In silico - Film - 2014
presented as part of the exhibition Panorama 16
“Not the for and against, but the desolate alliance, two worlds, one of which shines on the surface, sun slope and shadow-slope, the sea and the centuries, the canvas beneath the picture, science against slumber.” Isabelle Garo, L’île - légendes définitives
Searching for ruins buried under the sea, our man probes the depths. Gradually, the sonar he is using becomes the transmitter of another landscape. In Silico conveys an immersive experience merging two kinds of wandering – in the mind and in virtual space – through the sea depths. At a time when the screen is omnipresent, a cause of confinement and at the same time a window onto the world, this film attempts to confront artificial representations with wild, tangible reality.
Léonard Barbier-Hourdin
Production
Acknowledgments
François Mathieu, Christian Lenoir, Jean-Luc Lemaître, Eric Prigent, Guylaine Huet, le Pôle Image de Haute-Normandie, le GRIEME ainsi que toute l’équipe du Fresnoy.
