du soleil, que ça existe , 2025
09 min. 05 sec.
Du soleil, que ça existe explores how the body forms, records and creates what we consider reality. The text-based work focuses on longing, distance and language, examining the breadth of both language and landscape – bringing space for discussion and examining landscapes as bodies.
The images in the works are sometimes obscured or illuminated by layers of light, and in places only details are revealed through the flickering light of the film. The alternation of light and darkness resembles the movement of the sea and brings watery, sensual layers to the film. The images do not seem to be part of the traditional film narrative, but rather appear as moving paintings or photographs.
The atmosphere of the work is influenced by Marguerite Duras’s The Disease of Death (Finnish: 1986), in which the author describes how the nighttime seascape seen from a window eventually becomes a central part of her work.
Charlotte Clermont (Canada) lives in Helsinki after completing her Master’s degree in the field of Spatial-Time Arts from the University of the Arts Helsinki. Her latest film du soleil, que ça existe has been nominated for the Nordic & Baltic Young Artist Award (2024). Her work has been screened internationally at film festivals such as the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Netherlands), Fracto (Germany), Künstlerhaus Bethanian (Germany), Festival des cinémas différents et expérimentaux de Paris (France), Edinburgh International Film Festival (Scotland), Festival ECRĀ (Brazil), 25th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival (Czech Republic), Beijing International Short Film Festival (China) and Saigon Experimental Film Festival (Vietnam). Her film where i don’t meet you received an award at the Stuttgarter Filmwinter Festival (Germany) and a special mention at the Kinoskop Analog Experimental Film Festival (Serbia). In 2026, he will hold a solo exhibition at the Hippolyte Gallery and participate in the B28 residency at Suomenlinna hosted by the Nordic Cultural Center.
