Michael Flomen
Under the Cover of Darkness

  • Canada
  • en
  • en
  • 27'
Under the Cover of Darkness | Michael Flomen

Synopsis

Canadian artist Michael Flomen works with a very special darkroom, made up of just two elements: nature and night. In this documentary film shot with an infrared camera, we follow him on his nocturnal expeditions where, equipped with light-sensitive paper, he sets off in search of the natural elements that will serve as both material and equipment: a few blades of grass, fireflies, river water or snow... They give birth on paper to an abstract work full of poetry which, for Michael Flomen, is as much a reflection on the photographic medium as on the place of Man within the natural world.

What you will find in this film

A very special darkroom • experimental photography • nocturnal photograms • abstract photographs • nature as material • communing with nature through photography

There are energies in nature that we are aware of but cannot see. The subject of my photographs lies somewhere between these invisible energies and matter.

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MICHAEL FLOMEN: PHOTOGRAMS AND PHOTOGRAPHS, 2020-1970 ; HIMER PUBLISHERS ; MUNICH ; 2023