Solar Sight

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Directed by: Lawrence Jordan

year: 2011 15 minutes

In describing the foundations for SOLAR SIGHT, artist Lawrence Jordan writes, "A question I had in mind was: what's the place of the human being in the cosmos? More and more we think about what is 'beyond.' Less and less is art concerned. I don't know why. The question seems a bit grandiose but I approached it quite simply. I have never worked with color photography as primary background to cut-out animation before. I was surprised that the result was so powerful (helped by John Davis' very resonant music). It was liberating to release human figures into an apperception of suggested space, along with the primordial enigma of the revolving sphere."

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Reviews

Doug Graves

I haven't really been a fan of experimental animation cut-out and stop-motion films but this one is very sophisticated and unique. I really recommend it.


Craig Zeller

A most peculiar juxtaposition of art and the history of the planet.