"Delta, 2004, inscribed in duration is, quite logically, made in black and white. The video has freed itself from the usual elaboration process. This night stroll is a reply to Estonian composer, Helena Tulve, who asked Montesquiou to illustrate her sound piece recorded and arranged after a trip to an undefined Southern country. Drums, bird singing, chirring fill the air. Surface noises, domestic noises or hustle and bustle of the street, children shouting, cars roaring, honks and whistling noises grow increasingly intense. And then the water flow gradually drowns everything. The river reaches the sea. This sound composition is particularly sensitive and Éléonore de Montesquiou focuses on this. It’s the first time she has responded to existing sounds which do not belong to her. She never goes out without her camera and shoots freely, without second thought, especially at night. The use of a light camera makes recording images and grasping ambiances without a premeditated intention easier, as if the filmmaker were taking notes when indistinct impressions popped out of the dark in a novel and porous context. Helena Tulve’s sounds were gathered under a glaring sun and here they, quite oddly, bounce against Éléonore de Montesquiou’s night shots. Indeed, she combined consecutive trips and kept only the brightest and most dream-like ones. Images and sounds fuse together " Mo Gourmelon
DELTA
20 min 10
2004
b&w
sound: Helena Tulve
images : Eléonore de Montesquiou
production: Centre Photographique de Lectoure
DELTA is a loose narrative in an urban landscape, the city being ultimately swept away by water, on a 20 min. sound piece, that was given to me by Helena Tulve, an Estonian composer. Delta is a fantasy journey, maybe a dream.
DELTA needs to be shown on a large screen, with open sound.