Project Detail

水托邦 (Hydrotopia)

水托邦 (Hydrotopia)

Synopsis

In extreme cold, the human body can turn against itself through paradoxical undressing: failing nerves mistake freezing for heat, compelling the dying to shed their last protection.
In 水托邦 HYDROTOPIA, hydrophones frozen into ice capture the material disintegration of their frozen body as a projected film gradually emerges into clarity. The film follows British-Chinese artist Jamie Man suspended by hooks pierced through flesh in a winter landscape, practising rituals rooted in Shiva-dedicated traditions that explore a state of perpetual non-being. As the ice surrenders its form and the image sharpens into focus, transformation itself becomes the subject: matter abandoning one state for another, the body held suspended between dissolution and emergence.
Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam 2026 - World premiere

Details

Year
2026
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
50 min
Format
16mm film
Director
Chiemi Shimada, Jamie Man
Producer
Chiemi Shimada, Jamie Man
Executive Producer
Chiemi Shimada, Jamie Man
Editor
Chiemi Shimada
Director of Photography
Chiemi Shimada
Sound
Jamie Man
Composer
Jamie Man
Principal cast
Jamie Man
Hook suspension artist
Tam Smith

Production Status

Production Company

N/A

Sales Company

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