Film Talk: Laurids Sonne

Passerine In Time
Denmark | 7' 53"
directed by Laurids Andersen Sonne

SYNOPSIS
A study of the gestural encounter between the hand of man and the entrapment of birds in it. The film investigates the haptic encounters between man and bird, where the hand becomes an embodiment of man’s desire for knowledge about something other, through the methodical labor of the hand as it repeatedly captures, inspect, measure, band and logs migratory birds before their release. Something other in nature which by a mere flick is capable of something man has reached for in eternity; the freedom of flight.

BIO
Laurids Andersen Sonne is a Danish interdisciplinary artist. His work spans 16mm film, video, installation, sculpture, performance, and socially engaged art projects. Laurids sees art as a catalyst for reflection on being, a way to explore, entwine and unfold serious topics.
Laurids’ moving image work has screened at festivals around the world, including San Francisco International Film Festival, Montreal Underground Film Festival, ICDOCS, Florida Experimental Film/Video Festival, Antimatter, Process Film Festival, and Fracto Experimental Film Encounter.
Laurids holds a BA in Social Anthropology from Lund University and an MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts from Duke University. Laurids currently resides in Boulder, Colorado.