THE ART OF LIGHT AND SHADOW
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Synopsis
The unknown and fascinating origins of cinema and audiovisuals from prehistory to the beginning of the 20th century.
Film sheet
The unknown and fascinating origins of cinema and audiovisuals from prehistory to the beginning of the 20th century.
Director's Statement
For twenty years I have been obsessed with the archeology of cinema, with the origin of the media, and I am aware that no one has done a work on the origins of cinema, something that goes beyond the Lumière Brothers, but there are representations and projections for 40.000 years, although in a very rudimentary way and different from how we live them now. Human beings have the need to tell stories, to transmit messages. We are ephemeral, so we must transmit something, and at a given moment we discovered the possibility of delighting in the image and then mixing it with music, and thus constructing a work, telling a story. Thousands of years ago we had bone, wood, fire, caves, acoustics...that generated images and animations that have changed, technology has evolved, but ultimately it is the same, telling a story that can transcend.
Festivals and awards
For twenty years I have been obsessed with the archeology of cinema, with the origin of the media, and I am aware that no one has done a work on the origins of cinema, something that goes beyond the Lumière Brothers, but there are representations and projections for 40.000 years, although in a very rudimentary way and different from how we live them now. Human beings have the need to tell stories, to transmit messages. We are ephemeral, so we must transmit something, and at a given moment we discovered the possibility of delighting in the image and then mixing it with music, and thus constructing a work, telling a story. Thousands of years ago we had bone, wood, fire, caves, acoustics...that generated images and animations that have changed, technology has evolved, but ultimately it is the same, telling a story that can transcend.
Exhibition of the Cineteca de Veracruz 2023 Parana Film Festival 2023.
Miguel Herrero Herrero
Saxo (Alicante, 1985). Filmmaker, illusionist, writer and teacher. Doctor student in Psychology, Master in Research in Psychology, Postgraduate in Psychopedagogy and Diploma in Teaching with a specialty in music. Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He has directed, written or produced feature films such as “Arcadeología” by Mario-Paul Martínez, “Operaciones Espesiales” by Paco Soto or “Proyecto USA”, and twenty short films, accumulating more than 400 official sections and more than one hundred awards. He is the founder and director of Sax. International Film Festival, classifier for the Goya Awards, with seventeen editions. He creates Cinestesia, a production, distribution and publishing company. company. He is the author of more than fourteen books: “Hyperfiction”, “Divas of cinema”, “Metacine”, “Emotion, empathy and cinema”, “Quotations about cinema”, “Japanese cinema”, “Devices to excite”, “Incredible. Magic, Illusionism and Cinema”, “Necromancy and Media Archaeology”, “Confined Cinema”, “Complete Works of Robertson”, “Misterium”, etc. His works have been recommended in “Jornadas de Cine”, “El Séptimo Vicio”, “SER Historia”, “Fatogramas”, “Caimán Cuadernos de Cine”, “Muy Historia”, etc. He has participated in television programs such as “Cuarto Milenio”, “Bona Vesprada”, “Tresors amb història”, etc. He performs the shows “Ilusionism XIX” and “Fantasmagorías” and exhibits the exhibition Artilugios para ilusionar from the pre-cinematographic Objects of the XNUMXth and XNUMXth centuries from his collection. He is considered one of the greatest experts on the origins of cinema and audiovisuals, receiving the Mervyn Heard Award from the British Magic Lantern Society on two occasions. He is currently a collaborator of Cuarto Milenio and director of the feature film “The Art of Light and Shadow.”
Director's Filmography
The art of light and shadow (2023)
United States Project (2015)
Making of Cid -Video- (2007)
Catharsis Performance -Short- (2005)
Dose -Short- (2004).