Alejandro Thornton

Deriva

FILE 2018 | VIDEOART
Electronic Language International Festival

Abstract:
Filmed from Mount Rigi in the Swiss Alps, “Deriva” is intuitively constructed from the “To the Drift” of Horacio Quiroga and the Alpine legend “Maloja Snake”. The piece also takes in relation some scenes of the movie “Das Wolkenphänomen von Maloja” (1924) by Arnold Fanck and sounds from argentinian litoral jungle.

Biography:
Bachelor, professor and researcher at the Department of Visual Arts at the National University of Arts (U.N.A.). Lives and works in Buenos Aires.