{"id":8320,"date":"2021-02-02T11:26:56","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T16:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catherinerondeau.com\/art-video-surreal-underwater-seal\/"},"modified":"2023-02-25T16:56:28","modified_gmt":"2023-02-25T21:56:28","slug":"art-video-surreal-underwater-seal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catherinerondeau.com\/en\/art-video-surreal-underwater-seal\/","title":{"rendered":"Surreal Art Video: The Murmur of the Abyss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZLyM96w4TFk\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n<h3>\n\t\tAn art video in the wake of the seal woman\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<p>I had been thinking about this video for a while. The idea came to me in 2018 during my artistic residency at Glasgow&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cca-glasgow.com\/programme\/2018-cca-calq-artist-residency-catherine-rondeau\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Centre for Contemporary Arts<\/a>. In addition to the photographs inspired by the Celtic tale The Seal Woman, I wanted to create a video with seals in motion. However, I was not able to capture the necessary material while in Scotland. After returning home, I thought of asking for authorization to film at the Aquarium du Qu\u00e9bec. When I showed up at the outdoor pool on the day of the shoot, many seals were happily frolicking in the water. I put my camera at the very edge of the basin and filmed the numerous dives and the ascents, water splashing about&#8230; With their large eyes and soft humanlike gaze, these strange animals exude a moving kindness. It was great to be so close up to them. I got a bit wet and a kiss on my lens!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/catherinerondeau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/saisie-ecran-tournage-phoque-aquarium-quebec.jpg\" alt=\"picture of the head of a seal in a pool\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"450\" width=\"800\" title=\"screenshot-video-shoot-seal-aquarium-quebec\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\n\t\tScreenshot of my footage at the Aquarium du Qu\u00e9bec\n\t<p>Still, I wasn&#8217;t satisfied. The images captured near the surface of the water didn&#8217;t render the atmosphere I wanted. It was only as I was about to leave the premises that I discovered, by chance, the windows at the bottom of the basin that allowed me to see the seals swimming underwater. Eureka! I immediately knew these very last shots would be the ones I would end up using in my video. I so love it when chance events turn out to be real finds.<\/p>\n<p>I knew I still had lots of work ahead of me to make something special. I wanted to play with these moving images, manipulate the video, transform reality as I do in my photographic practice. A new learning experience for me. The result is a surreal video piece that echoes the photos of my <a href=\"https:\/\/catherinerondeau.com\/en\/portfolio-selkie-bride\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seal Woman<\/a> series. Though I took my sweet time diving into the complex postproduction process, now that I&#8217;ve gained some new know-how, something tells me I&#8217;ll be dabbling with art video again in the future&#8230;<\/p>\n\t<p>I would like to express my gratitude to the Aquarium du Qu\u00e9bec for the valuable access granted to me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had been thinking about this video for a while. 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