Category: videos

A contrast between precisely defined graphic figures and blurred, moving images of water or clouds.

No drawing in the sequence, but only photos and videos taken during different trips: salar of Uyuni, sky of Charente, English Channel or Mediterranean Sea...

first movement: at the very beginning, a dive towards an immaculate surface which will quickly be crossed out by black or blue pencil lines.

second movement: a mixture of fine lines, blue hatching and light rays.

third movement: a black band with white stripes is added to the black and blue hatching.

fourth movement: with the exception of the final flight towards the firmament, the movement is based entirely on one of the motifs appearing in the previous sequence 'calm sea and happy voyage'. In its flat version, this pattern is the result of the superimposition of small elementary hatchings; differentiated movements of these elements in space, in terms of position and orientation, allow the construction of 3D objects around or through which the camera can move under variable lighting. Originally black, some hatchings are sometimes coloured grey or blue.

The animated sequences are meant to be watched without sound accompaniment. But some may have been inspired by a musical piece, here Felix Mendelsohn opening "calm sea and prosperous voyage". The sea is the Mediterranean, and the journey is a cruise under a very bright sun and on an almost still water.

The black lava flowing from the volcano Cumbre Vieja in the Canary Islands gave me the idea for this animated sequence, based on real shots ... having nothing to do with a volcanic eruption.

A sequence based on only four graphic elements, and full of light and transparency.

The movements are quite long in the sequence; they appear here separately to make them easier to watch.

first movement, which gives its title to the whole sequence: why this black triangle at the top left of the image? ... simply because it is the edge of the plane window from which the sun and clouds were filmed during a landing at Bari airport in June 2021.

second movement:

third movement:

... and for those who have the patience to watch the fourteen minutes of the complete sequence:

A fairly short sequence, but designed with a lot of linear drawings, all made "by hand"...

Again, various variations on black solids, but here without shades of blue ....

Once again, lots of water, both filmed and drawn ....