zuhaitz

zuhaitz

Sarah Ouazzani Touhami / France

"Zuhaitz" is the Basque word for "tree." This video uses the pretext of a pagan rite, celebrated every year around August 15 in a small Basque town, to enter a fantasy, guided by fire, and subjectively and sensitively explore the impact of this rite on the environment. that surrounds it. . Like the tree that unites opposites, I try to reconcile the intimacy of a night around a fire with a nocturnal village celebration.
lit by torches. I act by sliding and overlaying both the sound and visual material, while preserving its autonomy_ to encourage transformations.

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