Thomas Depas
Hasbannium - Film - 15min - 2018
presented as part of the exhibition Panorama 20
Film
Hasbannium is an experimental fiction whose starting point is Hesbaye, an agricultural region in Belgium with open horizons, devoid of forests or rivers. Through these landscapes a choral film comes into being, with figures seeking out a humanity that reinvents itself in a universe of signs and meanings that are increasingly confused. The result is an impressive evocation of the temptation to disappear in which absence to self and world sketches out granular motifs.
Thomas Depas
Thomas Depas was born in 1985.
After obtaining degrees in visuals arts at ESA Saint Luc in Tournai and in cinema from HELB (former INRACI) in Brussels, he continued at Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains in Tourcoing (2017-2019).
In his work he manipulates images by means of mechanical, chemical and transcoding operations, probing their structure in order to reveal their physicality. By pursuing a sensory approach to the movement-image (film and digital art), he explores the relations between technology and life forms.
