HYPERVISION

synopsis

The eye of a thermal camera in the wilderness doesn’t miss a single heartbeat. But who determines its gaze, and how does it transform the possibilities of vision and shape desires? The asymmetry created by this “enhanced” vision easily lends itself to structures of power and translates into the language of brutality. Found footage, a tribute to Harun Farocki, composes phantom shots from the air and the ground—from hunting videos, police recordings and videos of military operations to promotional materials from technology manufacturers—into a visual reflection on seeing and control.

“During the 1920s in the US, film recordings taken from a position that a human cannot normally occupy were called phantom shots… We can interpret the film that takes up the perspective of the bomb as a phantom-subjective image.” — Harun Farocki, Phantom Images

biography

Joris Guibert is an intermedia artist, essayist, and researcher based in Lyon, France. He teaches film aesthetics and analysis while experimenting with audiovisual forms at the intersection of film, video art, performance, and installation. In his work, he uses electronics, light, and celluloid to create “metamachines,” light phenomena, and audiovisual scores.

film details

director:	Joris Guibert
producer:	Joris Khromasoma

contact

Joris Guibert
imagie@gmx.fr