Tapeta Lucida

Tapeta Lucida by Zlatko Ćosić
Tapeta Lucida by Zlatko Ćosić

Abstract explorations of light and sound.

What started as an abstract exploration of light, quickly morphed into eye-like visuals, through layers of colors, shapes, and movement. By definition, tapeta lucida is a layer of iridescent tissue in the eye of many vertebrates, a retroreflector that provides many animals exceptional night vision. These eyes gaze at us, and provoke the question, “What are we doing to save species and their natural habitat?” The mirror-like reflectivity in their eyes, reminds us of being alive, present, existing. Like endangered animals, we are endangering ourselves as the environment deteriorates. In the video, Tapeta Lucida, the light, as a crucial part of our existence, is struggling against obstruction, trying vigorously to reach a deeper intensity. Eventually the visuals abstract into matter, suggestive of the beginning of the universe.



Tapeta Lucida
(5:00)   [VIDEO]



Cinematography and editing: Zlatko Ćosić
Sound: NNN Cook
Production assistant: Rachel Ćosić




EXHIBITIONS & SCREENINGS


:: DADAH An Exhibition, Arcade Gallery, Webster University Gateway Campus, St. Louis, Dec. 2, 2017 - Jan. 19, 2018
:: St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase, St. Louis, USA, July 13-22, 2018
:: Twisted Oyster Film and New Media Festival, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, July 20-August 5, 2018
:: St. Louis International Film Festival, St. Louis, USA, November 1-11, 2018
:: St. Louis Symphony: Live at the Pulitzer, with Missy Mazzoli's Isabelle Eberhardt Dreams of Pianos, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis, March 26 and 27, 2019
:: Mobile Lantern, International Film Exhibition, organized by Mobile Design Box, Milwaukee, September 20, 2019
:: Buenos Aires Film Festival, Argentina, September 2019

:: Off the Screen!, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Momentum, a selection of video art by Zlatko Ćosić, Ann Arbor, Michigan, March 25, 2020

Tapeta Lucida by Zlatko Ćosić
Tapeta Lucida by Zlatko Ćosić
Tapeta Lucida by Zlatko Ćosić
Tapeta Lucida by Zlatko Ćosić

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