Cross and Plane to Space - Myriam Thyes

The title refers to Kandinsky’s book ‘Point and Line to Plane’ – here to the historic antipodes illusionism and constructivist art. The Baroque, figurative, illusionist ceiling fresco The Triumph of Saint Ignatius (1685) by Andrea Pozzo meets a series of non-figurative compositions (1932) by Sophie Taeuber-Arp. Whilst the painting in the Jesuit church of Sant’Ignazio in Rome glorifies the divine, with a hierarchical, centralised composition, Taeuber-Arp created compositions from two-dimensional forms with dispersed focal points. The only thing the works have in common is the cross motif. These differing artistic perspectives enter into competition and dialogue, influencing and permeating one another. Against the backdrop of the current rise of virtual 3D worlds, the animation reflects on the history of illusionism (the religious concept of the afterlife as a virtual world) and its supposed overcoming in the modern era.

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“Fantastic abstract constructivist short film, with influences from the pictorial avant-gardes that emerged at the beginning of the 20th century such as Piet Mondrian, Sophie Taeuber or Vasili Kandinsky. Geometric drifts and spiritual constructions on the ceiling fresco Triumph of St. Ignatius of Loyola create an ‘ars combinatoria’ of unusual beauty. It is a short film that exudes freedom, poetry and free associations with cinematographic antecedents of experimental cinema such as Walter Ruttmann or Hans Richter.”
Jury of Wallachia International Film Festival 2020, Silviu Bratosin, Lorena Manolica, Matei-Alexandru Mocanu, Ionut Povara, Tudor Voican

Festivals and Awards

2020 Best Animation @ Wallachia International Film Festival, Wallachia, RO
2019 Shortlist @ ‚Present Future‘ Art & Technology Star Award, CN
2018, 7-8 On Art Film Festival, Łódź, PL
2018, 6 Short Stop Intl. Film Festival, Iasi, RO
2018, 5 Animation Day in Cannes, Cannes, FR
2018, 3 Best Video Art @ FICOCC Five Continents Intl. Film Festival, Anzoategui, VE
2017, 10 Courant 3D Festival, Angoulême, FR