The Stream VIII

In the man-made waterways of rice paddies, the water in nature must follow artificial rules. In that way, nature is made abstract, giving rise to a new form of beauty distinct from the natural state. The theme of this work is the liveliness of the water as it follows the man-made course. This work is a ballet using the sound and the movement of the algae and water. With the waterway as the theater, I filmed the choreography of the algae that flows in the water. In the episode VIII of The Stream,I focus on the origin of the stream in the waterway at the rice field. The stream is produced by a man-made pump, which draws underground water to the surface and carries it to the rice field. The water in the rice field then drains through a huge drainage pump station that feeds into a large river. When editing the recording, I retained only the frequency that sounds like a person’s voice. The resulting sound that the audience hears is like a chorus. Award: 2019 "Best in Experimental Film" at “Art Quake Kyoto 2019, Japan Creativity Biennale“,Kyoto "Jury Prize for Cinematic Art,Experimental Film" at “Art Quake Kyoto 2019, Japan Creativity Biennale“,Kyoto "Best Experimental Film" at 4th Solaris Film Festival,Nice,France. "Best Environmental film" at The Fresh Stream Experimental Film Festival,Los Angeles,USA "First Runner Up, Best Organic Experimental Short Award " at 22nd Denver Underground Film Festival,USA 2018 “Audience Choice Award for Best Experimental Film” and “Best International Film” at The 6th Moonrise Film Festival in Canada. "Special Mention" at "BIDEODROMO 2018 International Experimental Film and Video Festival" in Bilbao, Spain "Special Jury Mention"at "30th Girona Film Festival" in Girona,Spain "Honorable Mention" at "6th VAFA International Video Art Festival" in Macau. "Honorable Mention" at "the 13th Arica Nativa International Rural Film Festival" in Arica,Chile "Honorable Mention" at "The International Film Festival with Alternative Media (FICMA) " in Mexico. Previous screenings: 2018 "the 2018 Short Film Corner",71st Festival de Cannes,France. "21st Japan Media Arts Festival",The National Art Center, Tokyo "Aperture: Asia & Pacific Film Festival ",The Horse Hospital, London "12th San Francisco Frozen Film Festival”,Roxie Theater and PianoFight,San Francisco “The 6th Moonrise Film Festival”,Canada "11th Mosaic World Film Festival”,Rockford,IL,USA "OFF THE WALL 2018",Madison,USA "Strano Film Festival”,Capestrano, Italy "22nd International Video Festival VIDEOMEDEJA”,Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Serbia "11th Strangloscope, Experimental Film,Audio & Performance International Festival”,Florianópolis, Brazil "BIDEODROMO 2018 International Experimental Film and Video Festival" ,Bilbao, Spain "30th Girona Film Festival",Girona,Spain "3rd Pile of Bones Underground Film Festival",Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada "28th The International Film Festival «Message to Man» ",St. Petersburg, Russia "23ard Split Film Festival ",Croatia "17th Innsbruck Nature Film Festival 2018",Austria "16th The International Festival SIGNES DE NUIT (SIGNS OF THE NIGHT) ", Paris "21st Antimatter[Media Art]",Deluge Contemporary Art,Canada "6th VAFA International Video Art Festival”,Macau. "the 13th Arica Nativa International Rural Film Festival”,Arica,Chile "The International Film Festival with Alternative Media (FICMA) “,Mexico.

Year

2017

Director

Hiroya Sakurai

Duration

6 min

Country

Japan

Language

English