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Or anything at all except the dark pavement is a tracking shot by night shot in 16mm at a Franco-Belgian border. A plan sequence in two parts. First a guarded advance into the city. An opening in the night, with neon lights as guides. The city, already vague, fades away. Obscurity follows but the lights prevent it from taking over. They redraw the contours, announcing other ?skylines?. Little by little the actions take over, isolated details from films, memories of journeys, a tribute to nocturnal outings and to roadside architecture. A fantasized vision of roadside lanscape.

Theodora Barat studied at Nantes school of art. « Fed » by trips to United States and American cinema of the fifties, her work made for installation and specially video installation. She realised in 2008 Froissée (Crumpled), the first of a serie dealing with Film Noir and its city?s representation. Underwold (2009) and Projection Frontale (Head-on Projection, 2009) will follow. This year, she direct her first film, a plan sequence in 16mm, shown both as installation and film.