Sound of Life

2021 · film

Role: Co-director, artist
Format: Short film
Year: 2021

more than two billion people live with some form of visual impairment, holding the world together by sound instead of sight. we shot this film on a camera with no lens at all — just light falling directly onto the sensor, the way it falls onto a closed eyelid — and built the images from a documentary study of one blind man's ordinary day. the most familiar moments, told by someone who has never seen them.

The lensless camera used to shoot Sound of Life — The camera, built without a lens. Light falls directly onto the sensor.

Sasha, the protagonist of Sound of Life, during the documentary study — Sasha. The film is built from a documentary study of his ordinary day.

Sound of Life — frame from the film — Frame from the film.

Sound of Life — frame from the film: a walk in the park — Frame from the film. A walk in the park, and beside the trees.

Sound of Life — frame from the film: everyday actions as a nearly blind person sees them — Frame from the film. How a nearly blind person sees, from his own description, the most ordinary actions — stepping out of the entrance, opening the door.

NOMINATED — OSKA BRIGHT FILM FESTIVAL · LAMPA FILM FEST · WHITE SQUARE · ACT RESPONSIBLE

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