Video mapping made for the Video Mapping Contest 2025 organised by Rencontres Audiovisuelles as part of the Video Mapping Festival #8.
JURY SPECIAL MENTION
▶︎ The Tale of Balance
The Tale of Balance is a fairy tale that aims to link two key issues: environmental destruction and low mental health/wellbeing. Both stem from our lost connection to nature. Everything in the nature is biologically connected, so why do we think we are not? We must remember we are part of the natural world, not its owners, and work to restore the balance not just in nature, but ourselves too. The tale will be used to create a sound design with lyrics, which will go together with the video mapping.
Direction and animation: Anna Meldrāja – Pirate Pixie
Original music: Alvis Grigaļūns, Mārtiņš Jansons, Ieva Matveja, Anna Meldrāja, Paula Vītola
Pre-selection Jury:
• Marko Bolković – director, Visualia Festival of Light (Croatia)
• Antoine Manier – director, Rencontres Audiovisuelles (France)
• Filip Roca – artist (Montenegro, Spain)
• Daniel Rossa – new media artist, Studio Rossa (Germany)
• Martina Stella – artist and researcher (Italy, France)
Jury:
• Ross Ashton – creative director, The Projection Studio (United Kingdom)
• Kristin McGuire – artist, Studio McGuire (United Kingdom)
• Tamás Vaspöri – CEO, Maxin10sity (Hungary)
Video mapping tour organised by Rencontres Audiovisuelles.
With the support of the Hauts-de-France Region, DRAC Hauts-de-France, Métropole Européenne de Lille, the City of Lille and Crédit Mutuel Nord Europe.
