Ardentía is a word used by spanish seamen to refer to noctiluca in biology, a luminescent plankton that reproduce on the sea surface and is seen at night. It glares on darkness like burning water or stardust. Here acts as an allegory to hypnagogic vision, a free interpretation of pulsating phosphenes in our closed eyes.
An immersive experience of live cinema that highlights what are called fleeting defects of vision. A study where sound variations dance alongside light waves in a stream of electrifying and poetic visions.
Performer
Miguel Ángel Puertas was born in Almería in 1980. He develops his cinematographic work in a self-taught way from studies in Artistic Photography and Advertising Graphics, paying main attention to the autonomy of the creative process, both of the discourse and of the material means with which it is created and displayed. His work spreads from working in the lab to the screening room. Initiated in video art, he has worked and collaborated as an editor in production companies such as Neon Rouge, MoonWorld Records or Rtbf and the independent laboratory LABO Bxl. He co-founds the Gui ColleC collective, a nexus of audiovisual experimentation focused on film practices and live music.
Year of production 2023
Duration: 35 min
Format: 3 x 16mm film performance with live optical and analog sound
Performed at PROCESS festival in Riga, 2023
Curated by Baltic Analog Lab
