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Friday, November 27, 2020 - 19:00
Written by:
Antoine Chapon
Cast:
Cyril Pointevineau-millin, Thendral Tiroumalechetty
Editing:
Antoine Chapon
Sound:
Antoine Chapon
Animation:
Antoine Chapon
Does the terror of war or the terror of another man’s dead body become bearable when their realities are rendered on a computer? Does a weapon become less lethal? How about a veteran’s PTSD? To whom does it serve to simulate war theatres? Who identifies in these scenarios, ex-soldiers driven by the terrors of war, or future soldiers who fetishize this universe? These are some questions asked by MY OWN LANDSCAPES. A post-war open world of the senses, a 3D sanatorium for traumatized soldiers, a reconsideration of space and perception in an alternative universe, this is what Antoine Chapon’s film proposes. (Emil Vasilache, BIEFF 2020)
Director:
ANTOINE CHAPON (1990) is an artist and filmmaker based in Paris. He studied at the School of Fine Art in Nantes, the University of Philosophy in Nantes and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. His installations and videos focus on how simulation can be used to control the human or the non-human. He has participated in numerous group exhibitions including ”Open Codes: The World as a Field of Data” at the ZKM Museum | Karlsruhe (Germany).
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Contact:
STUDIO ANTOINE CHAPON
Festivals, awards:
Best Short Film - Visions du Réel 2020 / Best Short Documentary Film - Kortfilmfestivalen 2020 / Palm Springs 2020 / Centre Pompidou Museum, Nouvelles écritures, Paris 2020 / FIFIB 2020 / La Ciotat 2020 / Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2020
“After September 11, 2001, the United States invested in the creation of video games to recruit, train and treat soldiers. Today video games have an important part in war. Since 2013, the American army has regularly organized video game competitions to recruit future soldiers. Similarly in the video game “America’s Army”, good players receive a contract by email. The transition from virtual to real is brutal. This is why some players have violent traumas when they discover the reality of war. In the era of virtual reality helmets and killer drone pilots, I would like to show images of a video game used by the American and French armies. The film is based on interviews with Cyril, a veteran who knows this video game very well and now uses it in his own way. The film opens up his world to us, which he makes every day. A world of alienation and emancipation where nature is a second life.” (ANTOINE CHAPON)