Philippe Rouy

What would it be like to film the 6,852 islands of the Japanese archipelago? A refuge film in two parts. The first is a manifesto, a reflection of the catastrophe. The second gathers the film-islands, last traces before the disappearance.

A man films living things. He archives them in paradoxical wet preparations. Images held in fluid that could outlive him. In 2100, his daughter will be 86. He will be 129.

Three months after the March 2011 disaster in Fukushima, TEPCO, the electric company operating the nuclear power plant, installed a livecam on the facilities. The images, on which days and minutes add up, are available online. Using them for sole visual material, such is the daring challenge Philippe Rouy has taken up in 4 bâtiments, face à la mer. (Nicola Féodoroff, FID 2012)

What would it be like to film the 6,852 islands of the Japanese archipelago? A refuge film in two parts. The first is a manifesto, a reflection of the catastrophe. The second gathers the film-islands, last traces before the disappearance.

What would it be like to film the 6,852 islands of the Japanese archipelago? A refuge film in two parts. The first is a manifesto, a reflection of the catastrophe. The second gathers the film-islands, last traces before the disappearance.

A man films living things. He archives them in paradoxical wet preparations. Images held in fluid that could outlive him. In 2100, his daughter will be 86. He will be 129.

Three months after the March 2011 disaster in Fukushima, TEPCO, the electric company operating the nuclear power plant, installed a livecam on the facilities. The images, on which days and minutes add up, are available online. Using them for sole visual material, such is the daring challenge Philippe Rouy has taken up in 4 bâtiments, face à la mer. (Nicola Féodoroff, FID 2012)