The title Warmdewar refers to the dewar, a container used to preserve matter by cryogenizing it. The extension of this technology to living beings is the source of many science fiction scenarios and this short film is no exception. In this film shot in Iceland, we see a man waking up from cryonics and wandering through a deserted landscape where only disused buildings reveal the traces of a past civilization. In despair, he utters a cry that pierces the sound of the waves and the wind. Among the images embedded in the video, one can recognize the Ryugyong Tower in North Korea, left unfinished after the fall of the USSR until 2011. The artist appreciates this motif because it embodies the embedding of political utopias in the landscape. The aesthetics of these concrete carcasses emerging in the midst of the wilderness gives a contemplative dimension to this post-apocalyptic vision.

Text written by Romane Grouille as part of the partnership between the École du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin.

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