Mindscape

This animation film celebrates the creative process--its beauty, fury, and consequences. It is a highly stylized and impressionistic rendering; each scene corresponds to a step in the process. Black and white photographs, representing reality, are overlaid with animated colour drawings, representing fantasy. It illustrates the artist braving creative storms, indulging runaway imagination and learning, by trial and error, to take possession of his creative energy. Film without words.

Utilisant la technique d'animation de l'écran d'épingles d'Alexeieff, ce film d'une grande sensibilité convie le spectateur à puiser, parmi les symboles énoncés, ceux que déclenchera en lui une prise de conscience des forces du subconscient qui jouent sur la réalité de toute son existence. Film sans paroles.

In this non-narrative animated film inspired by composer François Couperin's harpsichord composition "Barricades mystérieuses," Jacques Drouin explores a whole new way of using the pinscreen to create animated images. He pivots the screen and uses low-angled light to capture images in high relief. The result is like a sculpture whose expertly modelled forms are revealed through film. A film without words.