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Le rouge y est la couleur du noir, des drames urbains, de l'anxiété, du bruit des sirènes et du ressac des voitures auxquels est posé, en contre-point, une improvisation à la guitare dédiée à la baleine de la Tamise, jeune femelle de 7 tonnes, apparue dans le fleuve en janvier 2006 ; et où elle mourra quelques jours plus tard. Visuellement, il s'agit d'un long plan séquence concentré sur les mouvements de l'insecte. Esseulé, il tourne en rond attiré par quelques détritus. Il rebrousse chemin, cherche une issue et il tombe.
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The camera follows a beetle on the damp pavements of London. We are on Canal Bridge, it's midnight and here red is the colour of black, of anxiety, of the sound of sirens and backwash of cars, to which is added, in counterpoint, a guitar improvisation dedicated to the whale of the Thames, the 7 ton young female which appeared in the river in January 2006 - and where she died a few days later. Visually, it is a long sequence shot, hand-held camera, concentrated on the movements of the insect. Forsaken, it goes around and around, attracted as it was by some rubbish bins. It turns back, looks for an exit and falls! On the back, the beetle panics because death is here, it knows this much. The artist records this wreck as the cameras of the whole world had recorded, all at once half-terrified and half-fascinated, the rescue, and then the agony of the whale in the Thames? waters. The mammal, according to the scientists, would have made a mistake whilst coming down from Scotland. Having got into the river's estuary, guided by its instinct, which, however, urged it to get to the Atlantic Ocean, it died after three days from dehydration and hunger ; just like Gregor Samsa will starve in the
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