you’re a plant whisperer and for me, it’s enough

you’re a plant whisperer and for me, it’s enough is a co-direction between Julien Champagne and Charlotte Clermont. This collaboration studies the materiality of the analog image and the relationship between the musicality of the image and sound, in an attempt to create an introspective atmosphere. The video consists of two monochromatic shots generated using a VHS video mixer, each combining with a figurative image shot on Super 8 film. Treating colour as a conductor of emotions, all the images evoke inaccessibility, perfection and dream, in parallel with a meditative and transcendent soundtrack. (Charlotte Clermont)

Charlotte Clermont (Canada) creates a dialogue between video and audio explorations to examine our perceptions of the real. The performative aspect of her practice, moved by a desire to transpose the illusiveness of lived moments, is embodied in her singular way of working with analogue recording devices. Using materials from her immediate environment, she works upon the chemical sensitivity of film through various alterations while leaving a large place to chance. She holds a bachelor’s in Studio Arts from Concordia University and lives and works in Montreal. Her work has been presented in Canada and internationally in the framework of festivals and exhibitions, including the International Festival of Films on Art (Canada), Fracto (Germany), the Festival des Cinémas Différents et Expérimentaux de Paris, International Film Festival Rotterdam, and the Edinburgh International Film Festival. She was artist in residence at Studio Kura (Japan), Signal Culture (US), Fusion Gallery (Italy) and Shiro Oni (Japan).