Hand Fool of Desire/We are not young and immortal anymore by Miyoko Caubet.

November 17, 2011November 17, 2011 | The 22 Magazine

Hand-Fool of Desire – 10′ excerpt from Miyoko, french video maker on Vimeo.

At the request of theater director Mélanie Mary, and in collaboration with video artists Alexandra Loewe and Kai-Duc Luong, this video was created specifically for adding ambience to a literary rock music event that centered around the theme of sex.
The challenge was to create images that would depict sensuality in such a way as not to be overtly vulgar or ridiculous. We took this to be our guideline throughout the creation process of “Hand-Fool of Desire.”

I was offered to make a video and display it at a gallery exhibition with other artists.
“We were young and immortal,” the name of the exhibit, resonated with me during my work with it, prompting me to respond to this idea and how I felt about it.
It made me think about how being a 32 year-old woman doesn’t feel like being young and immortal like I did when I was 19.
In fact, I’ve been thinking about how short life is, of how close the possibility of death is to me as I reached my 30’s.. (READ MORE.)

We are not young and immortal anymore / english version from Miyoko, french video maker on Vimeo.

12SEPTEMBER2001 (Part 3 of 3) BY MIYOKO CAUBET.

August 12, 2011August 12, 2011 | The 22 Magazine

memories, desires, dreams and fantasies the ingredients with which one builds their own story and self identity? This is the question from which the video “12september2001” was conceived. The passing images live in the mind of the narrator. His inner voice addresses two young women whom he sees in a house – imagined to be abandoned and destroyed – which they used to spend their summers together. He recalls memories and dreams, shares his nostalgia, and confesses his still vivid fantasies about them.

These images are a mix between the narrator’s memories, his fantasies and emotions, and his personal experience of historical events, all of which are constitutive elements of his identity.

Directed by Miyoko Caubet
Text written by Matthew Mowatt
narrated by Georges Vitek

Part 1
Part 2