La fin des glaces
ongoing film project
(english title : the end of the ice)
With the support of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles.
Team : Rémy Bender, Maxime Gourdon, Lucien Richardson, Basile Richon & Christel Voeffray.
The film opens with an archive image showing the dimensions of the Rhône glacier in the 1920s. The next shot shows the same place in 2022, a century later. At first, nothing remains of the glacier.
We follow Rémy as he walks from the plain towards the source of the Rhône, following the path of the former glacier. Greenery gives way to a mineral world, then a lake. At the foot of the glacier, large swathes of white tarpaulin cover part of the ice. Climbing a little higher, we finally reach the glacier.
We follow Rémy as he walks from the plain towards the source of the Rhône, following the path of the former glacier. Greenery gives way to a mineral world, then a lake. At the foot of the glacier, large swathes of white tarpaulin cover part of the ice. Climbing a little higher, we finally reach the glacier.
The film plays on a listening point and a point of view that are disjointed. In the image, we discover the different strata that make up this place today and the advanced state of melting ice. In sound, a soundscape is constructed from the dimensions of the glacier a century ago. The principle of the film is that of a double score: two spatial and temporal dimensions are superimposed, and collide.
