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The end of day and beginning of the world

Siberia-Chukotka RUSSIA
Year : 2015
Length : 22 min.
Format : 4K ProRes 422 HQ

the cuckoo’s nest

The Avian Kingdom- Harlösa
SWEDEN
Year : May 2017
Length : 27min
Format : 4K ProRes 422 HQ

Synopsis
In 1644 a resistance nest was built by defenseless farmers against the Swedish army approaching from the North. 700 civilists were executed and their dead bodies were thrown into a valley in Harlösa. Since they were never burried, their traces can be found until today.

Denmark lost the historical province Scania to Sweden in 1648 with the end of the Thirty Years' War, one of the bloodiest conflicts in European history.

In the following decades the Danish so-called “Snapphanars“ kept resistance as guerilla fighters against the Sweds. If one was caught, exucution was done by breaking wheel or impalement.

The two colors of the flag of Scania remind of the connection to Denmark and its belonging to Sweden. It has been kept in remembrance by the locals.

Mononoke

Yakakushima-Shirakoma-ike JAPAN
 Year : 29-May / 8-June 2020
Length : 4min19sec  　　　Format : 4K ProRes 422HQ
Synopsis :
[Mononoke are vengeful spirits, dead spirits, live spirits, or spirits in Japanese classical literature and folk religion that were said to do things like possess individuals and make them suffer, cause disease, or even cause death. It is also a word sometimes used to refer to yōkai or henge ("changed beings")]

ERROR

Berlin GERMANY
Year : 2012
Length : 11 min
Format : HD

Synopsis

‘’Error’’ by Shingo Yoshida focuses on a glitch in a streetlamp at Alexanderpatz, the rhythmic flickering appears almost to be staged; This malfunction, those moments when the lights turn off, mark its presence. It paradoxically shows itself only as it suddenly disappears.

Yoshida relates this curious public incident, that occurs night after night just outside his studio, to a silent personal reflection of one’s own alienated presence amidst an urban setting, where an overwhelming network of functionality attempts to guide us so that we do not have to grope in the dark.

However, this ultimately shrouds a latent frailty and absurdity that flashes like a pleading morse code, yet goes unnoticed and almost forgotten. By screening his reaction to this phenomenon on his studio window Yoshida opens up a dialogue between the two objects,the lamp and its representation, drawing our attention to these frailties.

John McKiernan

Depopulation Shadow at the Dead Mall

Maebashi Gunma JAPAN
Year : 2011
Length : 9 minutes 10 seconds
Format : HD ( up-converted 4K )
With support of Frédéric Weigel-Palais des paris / L’Association Franco-Japonaise de Gunma
Special thanks : Johanny Melloul / Chanteuse Chizuko

Project at the Dead Mall (smells like murder) 過疎化の陰Depopulation problem
I hope that The first step to revival is to evoke conscience of a rough reality and face it.

Réminiscence

Year : March 2018 Svalbard-Longyearbyen, Norway
Length : 13 min 49 sec
Format : 4K ProRes 422 HQ
Music : Thomas Ghazi

- Synopsis -

・English

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, conceived by Bent Skovman and opened on February 26, 2008 near Longyearbyen on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen, is one of the world’s largest facilities designed to preserve the planet’s botanical diversity for the future. Excavated deep into the permafrost, the vault is engineered to store millions of seed varieties. Its interior is maintained at –18°C, and the structural design allows it to retain low temperatures even in the event of a cooling-system failure. To address potential sea-level rise due to global warming, the facility is situated approximately 130 meters above sea level and about 120 meters inside the mountain rock.

In recent years, however, the rapid progression of climate change has raised concerns about the vault’s long-term resilience. In 2016, meltwater entered the entrance tunnel, prompting the Norwegian government to undertake waterproofing and reinforcement work. Despite these measures, questions remain regarding the facility’s long-term stability. While tourism provides economic benefits to the region, discussions have also emerged on whether access to the Svalbard archipelago should be restricted again for environmental protection.

Scattered across the icy landscape are traces of intersecting histories: the wreckage of Nazi aircraft shot down by researchers or the Norwegian military, drifting sea ice, and remnants of former coal-mining operations.

・ Française

Le Svalbard Global Seed Vault, conçu par Bent Skovman et inauguré le 26 février 2008 près de Longyearbyen, sur l’île norvégienne du Spitzberg, est l’une des plus importantes installations au monde dédiées à la préservation de la diversité botanique de la planète. Creusé profondément dans le pergélisol, le stockage est conçu pour conserver plusieurs millions de variétés de graines. L’intérieur est maintenu à –18°C, et la structure permet de conserver une basse température même en cas de défaillance du système de refroidissement. Pour anticiper une éventuelle élévation du niveau de la mer liée au réchauffement climatique, l’installation est située à environ 130 mètres au-dessus du niveau de la mer et à quelque 120 mètres à l’intérieur de la roche.

Ces dernières années, cependant, la progression plus rapide que prévu du changement climatique a soulevé des inquiétudes quant à la résilience à long terme du site. En 2016, de l’eau issue de la fonte des neiges a pénétré dans le tunnel d’entrée, ce qui a conduit le gouvernement norvégien à entreprendre des travaux d’étanchéité et de renforcement. Malgré ces mesures, des interrogations subsistent quant à la stabilité future de l’installation. Si le tourisme constitue une source de revenus importante pour la région, des discussions émergent également autour d’une éventuelle nouvelle restriction de l’accès à l’archipel du Svalbard afin de protéger l’environnement.

Dans ce paysage glacé subsistent de multiples traces où se croisent différentes strates d’histoire : des épaves d’avions nazis abattus par des chercheurs ou par l’armée norvégienne, la dérive des glaces, et les vestiges d’anciennes exploitations charbonnières.

・日本語

ベント・スコウマンによって構想され、2008年2月26日にノルウェー領スピッツベルゲン島ロングイェールビーン近郊で運用が開始された「スヴァールバル世界種子貯蔵庫」は、地球上の多様な種子を未来へ残すために設計された世界最大級の保存施設である。永久凍土に掘削された岩盤内部に位置し、数百万種の種子を収蔵することを前提としている。内部は–18°Cに維持され、冷却装置が停止した場合でも低温が保たれるよう構造的に工夫されている。また、温暖化による海面上昇に備え、海抜約130m、岩盤内部の約120mに建設されている。

しかし近年、想定を上回る速度で進行する気候変動により、施設の脆弱性が指摘されている。2016年には融雪水が入口トンネルに流れ込む事態が発生し、その後ノルウェー政府によって防水や補強工事が進められているものの、長期的な安全性についてはさまざまな懸念が生じている。観光による地域経済への恩恵がある一方で、環境保護の観点からスヴァールバル諸島へのアクセス制限を再検討すべきだという声もあがっている。

氷原には、研究者やノルウェー軍によって撃墜されたナチス機の残骸、流氷、かつて稼働していた炭鉱施設など、過去と現在が交錯する痕跡が点在している。

I prepared the perfect answer that you wanted

Amazon Oiyakaha BRASIL
Year : 10-31 July 2010
Length : 33 minutes 19 seconds
Format : HD ( up-converted 4K )
Special thanks : Markus Shimizu
With support of Shiseido Company

Synopsis

Due to unexpected events in a challenging jungle environment, Yoshida's three-week survival sojourn comes to by chance and lacking running water or electricity prompted a new regeneration of the self and reconstruction of circumstances,
via self-destructive behavior. The result is a work of raw, unrelenting realism.

SOS Morse code – Fernsehturm

Berlin GERMANY
Year : 30 April 2010
Length : 4 minutes 42 seconds
Sound : No
Format : HD
Performance : Shingo Yoshida
Special thanks : Philip Vormwald

Synopsis

Shingo Yoshida’s video SOS Morse code – Fernsehturmengages the subject of communication codes with an absurd stunt at Berlin’s iconic TV Tower, a “futuristic” reminder of East German optimism and an inescapable symbol of the unified city. Just before closing and from inside the dark, empty lounge located in the giant sphere suspended high above the city, Yoshida employed an existing table lamp to flash out a forlorn SOS. The video documentation of this performance attains a melancholic, even existential grandeur at once personal and universal by presenting both a dramatic intent and a negligible effect.

RODNEY LATOURELLE

Trajectoire invisible

2013 Nice FRANCE
Year : 2013
Length : 13 min 44 sec
Format : HD

With support of : Villa Arson Nice France / l'association colombophile "La Colombe de la Riviera"

Special thanks : M. Ferrandez / Baptiste César /
Sandrine Cormault

Synopsis :

The original film documents the continuous flight of a Carrier pigeon over the city of Nice, France.
Dropped along the coastline, the Carrier pigeon having a mini camera attached, flies all the way back to the hinterland.

The images make us gain insight into new natural and urban landscapes.

sound : Cejudo Jonathan

SHINGO YOSHIDA

Seeking Hidden

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