The Promise of a Quick Death in the Valley of Shrimp
The film explores the boundaries between human and animal perception in order to demonstrate that the “self” is a construct resulting from the way an organism interprets light and stimuli. Who we are depends on how we perceive the world.
“The Promise of a Quick Death in the Shrimp Valley” is an experimental film whose imagery is based on archival materials depicting both microscopic images of animals’ digestive systems and the presumed vision of a mantis shrimp. The film explores the boundaries between human and animal perception in order to demonstrate that the “self” is a construct resulting from the way an organism interprets light and stimuli. Who we are depends on how we perceive the world.
Zuzanna Orch
Zuzanna Orch is a Polish artist, filmmaker and screenwriter studying Experimental Film at the Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts in Poznań. She experiments with the relationship between image and sound, drawing inspiration from liminal spaces and synesthesia. Through rhythmic editing and wordplay, her films explore sensory memory, creating worlds on the borderline between reality and dream.
Reżyseria: Zuzanna Orch
