Albert Wondered What Light Is

Yoshiki Nishimura / Japan / 2026 / World Premiere / 7 min.

synopsis

The sharp beams of a cross-line laser divide intimate domestic corners into mutually perpendicular planes. The light is real, yet seems virtual: its flickering, amplified by the camera’s unsteady movement and collisions with the textures of everyday life, stands in contrast to the unyielding geometry underscored by the precise graphics measuring out space.

“While I was in a dark room, watching green space illuminated by green beams from a laser level, I couldn't help but wonder about the nature of light — something so familiar, yet so mysterious.” — Yoshiki Nishimura

biography

Yoshiki Nishimura (1954) is a Japanese experimental filmmaker, producer and lecturer. He studied electrical engineering in Tohoku, Japan, and at the Institute of Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. He explores the boundaries between reality and virtuality using 3D graphics. The Ji.hlava IDFF has screened his films An Observation (2013), An Orchestra in the Sky (2014), Dear Daisy, (2020) and Fungus (2022).