水托邦 (Hydrotopia)
Synopsis
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
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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
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Production Status
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