Radical-In-Between-Ness: Lev Kalman & Whitney Horn / Barry Doupé / Naoko Tasaka

On a hunt for the Fountain of Youth, three teen­a­gers buy drugs, harm natu­re and have magi­cal encoun­ters. Tons of lands­ca­pe foot­a­ge, a medita­ti­on on Mayan Archaeology and a hea­vy TV teen vibe high­light this very fun­ny impul­se-buy spi­ri­tu­al adventure.

Experiments with the phe­no­me­no­lo­gy of light and colour through fiber-optic flo­wer arran­ge­ments. Doupé’s ani­ma­ti­ons are inspi­red by the Thale Cress plant, which is com­mon­ly used in bio­lo­gi­cal muta­ti­on expe­ri­ments. His rota­ting elec­tro­nic flo­ras, which resem­ble neon lights, sex toys and fire­works, glow in the dark digi­tal void.’ (Amy Kazymerchyk)

There’s bears and the­re’s water­f­alls! ​‘Naoko Tasaka’s sphinx-like Flower unfolds like a child­ren’s sto­ry befo­re it plumbs the depths of both a phy­si­cal and metap­ho­ri­cal surfa­ce, as straightfor­ward nar­ra­ti­on gives way to subli­ma­ted abstrac­ti­on.’ (Andréa Picard)