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Apicula Enigma
Austria 2013, 26′
Presented at Schermo dell’arte Film Festival 2014
Sound: Peter Roesner, Henning Knoepfel
Photography: Attila Boa
Editing: Martina Moor
Photography: Attila Boa
Editing: Martina Moor
Producers: Elena Cooke, Sally-Anne McFadden
Production: Marine Hugonnier
Production: Marine Hugonnier
With this short documentary about the Carnic honey bees, filmed in the Koshuta Mountains in Austria, Marine Hugonnier has created a charming naturalistic essay that also serves as a captivating metaphor for the mystery of image creation. The beehive is like a camera obscura, a black box whose contents remain unrevealed. Fascinated by the magical world of bees and their micro-utopian work community, the French artist shows how images of nature can be represented as true stories.
The film captures the reality of what happens on set: on one side, the beehive with the bee colony, their swarming towards the trees disappearing into the nearby forest, the collection of pollen and honey; on the other side, the crew with the technical cinema equipment working on the filming. It explores that mysterious space between the gaze of the filmmaker and the observed things.
Marine Hugonnier
He lives and works between London and Paris. His films, photographs, and works on paper have been exhibited worldwide at institutions such as the Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst in Ghent, the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, MAMCO in Geneva, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Kunsthalle in Bern. His works are included in the collections of, among others, MoMA, the Reina Sofía, and the Musée d’Art Moderne in Paris.
He lives and works between London and Paris. His films, photographs, and works on paper have been exhibited worldwide at institutions such as the Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst in Ghent, the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, MAMCO in Geneva, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Kunsthalle in Bern. His works are included in the collections of, among others, MoMA, the Reina Sofía, and the Musée d’Art Moderne in Paris.
Selected Filmography
2014 Portrait of a Reporter (The Mask of Anarchy); Letter to My Friend CM 2013 The Mommy Complex, The Angel’s Kiss 2008-2014 Le Royaume 2012 Schisme 2008 Crystal Palace 2007 The Secretary of the Invisible 2006 Travelling Amazonia 2005 Death of An Incon 2004 Territory I II III; The Last Tour 2003 Ariana
2014 Portrait of a Reporter (The Mask of Anarchy); Letter to My Friend CM 2013 The Mommy Complex, The Angel’s Kiss 2008-2014 Le Royaume 2012 Schisme 2008 Crystal Palace 2007 The Secretary of the Invisible 2006 Travelling Amazonia 2005 Death of An Incon 2004 Territory I II III; The Last Tour 2003 Ariana