Friday July 21 – 23
LabO Theatre, 10 Daly Ave.
Accessible for free all weekend in our interactive media space
CAVES
Carlos Isabel García, Switzerland, 2021, 19.5 min.
Ottawa premiere
This interactive film accompanies experienced cave explorer and mountaineer Lea Odermatt on her tours beneath the earth’s surface, through claustrophobic corridors, gigantic galleries and chambers that are otherwise visible to researchers only. Thanks to 360° video experience, it is possible to convey to a wide audience in both physical and emotional terms how it feels to crawl through narrow passages, to hang in dizzying shafts, to observe with amazement from very close quarters the fascinating halls hidden underground.
Director’s bio:
Born in 1985 in Toledo, Spain, Carlos Isabel García studied art at the Facultad de Bellas Artes, Universidad Complutense in Madrid. From 2007 – 2008, he was an Erasmus exchange student at HSLU Design & Art in the field of Video and Art. From 2009 – 2014, he was a freelancer in camerawork, graphics, editing and animation. In 2017, he received a Masters in Cinematography from Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg in Potsdam. During his Masters studies, Carlos was a student assistant at Fraunhoffer HHI, working in Immersive Image Technologies and OmniCam 360. He is currently working at HSLU as a lecturer, as a freelance DoP and in postproduction and graphics in Lucerne.
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