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Sands that change their appearance with the dying waves, the rays of the setting sun and various geometric patterns of colour.

first movement: many blue patterns mingle above the sands,

second movement: some blue, then yellow patterns appear fleetingly,

third movement: only real shots of rather yellow sands remain.

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The first three minutes of the sequence involve some four hundred graphic elements extracted from twenty-three fixed digital compositions chosen from those published to date on the site. These elements, of different colours and with rather undefined contours, are placed in 3D space and grouped together independently of their original composition to form objects of various shapes, multicoloured or with a dominant grey, red, blue, yellow, green or violet colour. The different objects move in relation to each other in a kind of more or less organised chaos.

At the beginning of the fourth minute, the chaos evolves towards a certain order and the elements gradually reorganise themselves, passing from 3D objects to various 2D surfaces: first according to the six colours mentioned above; then by reconstituting the twenty-three compositions, thanks to the addition for each of them of the original background and the graphic elements not initially retained.

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The tempo chosen for the sequence means that the transition from 'chaos' to the original compositions is rapid. The interested visitor will find below a slowed down version of the three stages composing the last minute.

Reorganisation of graphic elements according to different monochrome flat surfaces:

Redistribution of elements from monochrome surfaces to original partial compositions:

For the different compositions successively, add the missing elements and disappear from the composition:

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"...