LAMP
Despite the transience of only living a few weeks or months, the body of a moth undergoes radical physiological changes in its relatively short lifetime. In its fully matured form, the moth sprouts a pair of hardened protein wings and ultraviolet-sensitive eyes that enable it to travel by moonlight in a process called transverse orientation. Now, in a world teeming with 24 hour artificial lighting, the moth must contend with a fatal attraction towards a billion glittering moons.
This short film explores the indwelling navigational systems of insects that travel in response to the position of the moon. Using this phenomenon as a metaphor, the film explores the ways in which embodied knowledge such as instinct and desire are thrown off course whilst living in a world of super-stimulation.
A film by Dian Joy
Commissioned by Tour De Moon Festival 2022
Director of Photography - Adam Muscat
Movement Director - Jenna Anne Nathan
Sound Design - Cajm
Styling - Nathaniel Mackie
BTS Photography - Nylo Beeharry Mian
Music By - Azadi.mp3, Amirah De Bourg, and Joviale
In order of appearance
Nepheli Papadaki - Narrator
Moyu Yang - Moth
John Costi - Handler
Akito Y Kawahara - (as himself)
Jenna Anne Nathan - Moth
Kasper Swierczynski - Moth
Juliette Motamed - Moth
Alexandre Tarek - Moth
Erick Ochieng - (as himself)
Grigorius Mingas - (as himself)
Gareth C Jones - Welder
Bunny - Moth
Quote from Ordinary Affects - Kathleen Stuart
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