Animal Model

synopsis

Birth, mating and death under the microscope – that's the life cycle of fruitflies, the laboratory insects at the Centre for Animal Behaviour Research. With fascination and ironic detachment, this portrait of laboratory routine conveys how scientists dissect members of another species in the belief of their own superiority. White-robed gods deconstruct the living into the inanimate, turning organisms into numbers, categories and definitions, unaware that they themselves are captives of a giant human insectarium with its own collective behaviour, hierarchy and culture.

biography

Maud Faivre (1986), a French photographer and filmmaker based in Brussels, combines science, nature and art in her work. She collaborates with architects, archaeologists and schools. Her works include Les villes invisibles, Transjuraissenne and Birding. She has collaborated with musician and ornithologist Marceau Boré to capture sounds in the landscape.

more about film

director:	Maud Faivre, Marceau Boré
producer:	Maud Martin, Lysa Heurtier-Manzanarès
editing:	Damien Monnier
music:	Jean-Baptiste Geoffroy
sound design:	Brice Kartmann

contact

Maud Martin / L'image d'après
maud-martin@limagedapres.org