Philippe Léonard


Léonard's theoretical and aesthetic reflections focus on the complex temporality of still and moving images, the spectral dimension of physical spaces, and expanded documentary practices. He emphasizes a mastery of both analog and digital techniques to create moving images. In 2013, he was awarded a residency at the MIT Media Lab to study under the mentorship of the late Harun Farocki. He is a member of the Montréal collective of experimental cinema Double Negative and Millenium Film Workshop in New York City.

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[T] – Canada 2015
12 min – HD – no dialogue
Sound: Jefre Cantu-Ledesma – V: Light Cone

A film at the limit of cinema, an experiment in the moving image to produce an experience of time as space. The footage was shot at Times Square, in New York City, during the hours of artificial illumination. An oneiric diary, tempted by myth and, suffused by a melancholy sense that myth has lost its magical power.