Switzerland (World Premiere)
A funny cormorant relaxes on a buoy in the lake and watches an animation that reveals a plan behind it: AI or the urge to take part in the spectacle?
'The Cormorant's Shadow' and "1000 O” are the new eccentric experimental films that document Baraba-pe's artistic research into abstract fictitious behavior in the world of movement, cinematic light and action. They tell of the limits between sensation and imagination and of how, in many cases today, reality overcomes fiction and fiction becomes reality. The next episodes are already in production and so far self-financed by her single company Atelier a./f. in Switzerland and also, as with the previous experimental films WavesWaterWall (2023), Snowhsine (2021), Periplaneta (2020), AF_SO_MONT_NB (2019), short animation MI DI WORM no.10... in constant search of an interested audience and collaborations.
Baraba-pe Peikert, Swiss filmmaker and visual artist, had a fondness for the fictional world from an early age and decorated her room with mobile figures. She started producing experimental films at French universities with master degrees in visual arts and aesthetics in Paris 1+8, at the Sapienza in Rome Lighting Design and specialized at the CRM Research Center for Music and Sound Technology in Italy.
She has been honored with screenings in real gems such as the legendary Chinese Theatres in Los Angeles (USA), in experimental cinemas, museums and music halls, in castles, lecture halls and cinemas in universities and institutions, including art and open space screenings around the world as well as online screenings at festivals.
This 1-minute animation is the first in a series of super-short animations that combine perfectly with all types of presentations as they give a relaxed impression of involvement. The animation's interactive relationship with birds illustrates the challenges of environmental adaptation that all species face in life.
What's behind the cormorant resting on the buoy? It was caught drying its wings. It turns on the buoy while 2D-animated wing silhouettes and flight maneuvers are shown. The cormorant draws the viewer into an automated, stylized world of representation. Is there a conscious and an unconscious dimension? The cormorant dives into the water, perhaps a little irritated, perhaps out of fear that its wings or those of another species will be cut off? Why is the cormorant pink and purple when it emerges from the water and returns to the buoy?
When we empathize with the cormorant, we make its helplessness our own.
It is also meant to show the great ability of animals to constantly explore new behaviors and in contrast to language without verbal meaning, to trigger emotional feelings and affects.
"The Cormorant's Shadow" uses experimental resources to explore animation by integrating the real footage as if it were the 3D indicator for the 2D animation.
Running Time: 1 minute
Animation/ Experimental
Animation/ Experimental
Avalon Atmospheric Theater
2473 S Kinnickinnic Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53207
A funny cormorant relaxes on a buoy in the lake and watches an animation that reveals a plan behind it: AI or the urge to take part in the spectacle?
Director Bio:
Baraba-pe Peikert, Swiss filmmaker and visual artist, had a fondness for the fictional world from an early age and decorated her room with mobile figures. She started producing experimental films at French universities with master degrees in visual arts and aesthetics in Paris 1+8, at the Sapienza in Rome Lighting Design and specialized at the CRM Research Center for Music and Sound Technology in Italy.
She has been honored with screenings in real gems such as the legendary Chinese Theatres in Los Angeles (USA), in experimental cinemas, museums and music halls, in castles, lecture halls and cinemas in universities and institutions, including art and open space screenings around the world as well as online screenings at festivals.
Director's Statement:
What's behind the cormorant resting on the buoy? It was caught drying its wings. It turns on the buoy while 2D-animated wing silhouettes and flight maneuvers are shown. The cormorant draws the viewer into an automated, stylized world of representation. Is there a conscious and an unconscious dimension? The cormorant dives into the water, perhaps a little irritated, perhaps out of fear that its wings or those of another species will be cut off? Why is the cormorant pink and purple when it emerges from the water and returns to the buoy?
When we empathize with the cormorant, we make its helplessness our own.
It is also meant to show the great ability of animals to constantly explore new behaviors and in contrast to language without verbal meaning, to trigger emotional feelings and affects.
"The Cormorant's Shadow" uses experimental resources to explore animation by integrating the real footage as if it were the 3D indicator for the 2D animation.
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