Movie Details
Original Language:English
Compound Eyes
DirectorPaul Clipson
7 min
Plot
Commissioned by the Exploratorium in San Francisco Paul Clipsons fivepart COMPOUND EYES cycle delves into the otherworldliness of the natural world In training his Super8 camera on insects and other minor invertebrates Clipson draws the eye into an unseen realm one so delicate as to simultaneously tempt and refuse the touch Following the surrealist desire to make the familiar strange and the strange familiar Clipson relates this microlandscape to the built environment Electronic musical motifs supplied by frequent Clipson collaborator Jefre CantuLedesma add another layer of inquiry one tuned to the unspoken space between wonder and terror This first entry in the series keys the viewers vision to a single drop of dew on a blade of glass Wisps of eyelashes dandelions and insect limbs seem to brush against the lens in a trembling intimation of seeing
