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Hommage: Punto y Raya 2025

Desire on the Surface of the Skin

Sunny Stanila
Pictures whose papery materiality is reminiscent of the surface of skin evoke the sensation of touch through flashing colour accents and an electrifying soundscape.
Filmstill Desire on the Surface of the Skin
Filmstill Desire on the Surface of the Skin

Desire on the Surface of the Skin

Desire on the Surface of the Skin
Sunny Stanila
Hommage: Punto y Raya 2025
Animated Film
Canada
2019
3 minutes
without dialogue
Subtitles: 
None
The images, whose finely chiselled materiality recalls the surface of the human skin, explore the experience of physical contact. Dark ink spots cover the paper background, disrupting its clear white colour. Flashing colours and an electrifying sound make the sensation of touch tangible. The extreme enlargement creates an intimate relationship with pigments and textures.
Franka Sachse

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Director
Sunny Stanila
Hommage: Punto y Raya 2025

Intersextion

Richard Reeves
Two abstract creatures on a film strip that was scratched and painted on fall for each other in the dark. They come together and disappear in the distance.
Filmstill Intersextion
Filmstill Intersextion

Intersextion

Intersextion
Richard Reeves
Hommage: Punto y Raya 2025
Animated Film
Canada
2022
5 minutes
without dialogue
Subtitles: 
None
In this work, too, the technique of working directly on the film strip by scratching and painting proves to be beautiful and timeless. The sound, created by analogue interventions on the optical soundtrack of the material is charming, jaunty and organic. Two abstract creature shapes fall for each other in the darkness, come together and fade into the distance.
Franka Sachse

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Director
Richard Reeves