Video – Stonewood filmhouse

Category: Video

Pierre Bastien at Everything is LOW festival 13/08/’23

Pierre Bastien (born 1953 in Paris) is a French musician, composer, and experimental musical instrument builder. Most of his instruments are mechanical contraptions that produce sound amplified with small microphones and piezo pickups. He also plays trumpet and violin.
This is Pierre Bastien’s solo set as a tribute to “Lowlands” (a Belgian music distribution house) and his founder Tom De Weerdt who died in 2014.

Thanks to Tom I have known Pierre Bastien since the nineties. I was happy that I had the opportunity to make a video of one of his unique concerts. You should never miss a concert of Pierre if you have the chance to go, just do it! https://www.pierrebastien.com/

Octopus in Orbit

Hello there!

and hello Orphan Fairytale friends,

“Octopus in Orbit” is a handmade, animated stop motion videoclip set to the music of Orphan Fairytale. The little story tells this: Two octopuses are living in a life threatening situation on planet Earth because of plastic soup and deep sea mining… A starman is helping them out…

This stop-motion animation took several months to complete and is made in the summer of 2022 in my studio in Antwerp. Eva Titania van Deuren (founder of Orphan Fairytale) made the shining embroidered creatures of this little story and was many times in the studio to assist with the capturing of thousands of frames.

A lot of props were used: the shining embroidered creatures, textile flora, natural seashells, pearls and beads… Several underwater settings were made for this little film including some exclusive items like the crane for doing deep sea mining. The sea is created with silk and silver textiles. Also special attention was held for the lighting, including blacklight. All dancing figures were made in paper and beads and fluorescent paintings.