This film brings to light the life of plants at night, crisscrossing layers of invisibility to capture (in photography and video) the subtle and often sub-visible relations maintained between plants and other forest beings while in darkness.
Along the Ecuadorian latitudinal line, the sun sets just after 6 p.m. and rises shortly before 6 a.m. every day, in every season. Here, the Amazon rainforest is evenly divided between light and darkness. When night falls and vast shadows swallow the undergrowth, green becomes an illusion—a color meant only for the human eye.
Credits:
The photographic series was initiated at Camino Verde in the Peruvian Amazon during a research trip in September 2022 and supported by Prohelvetia South America, Studio Verde Residency, Amazon Aid and ICEERS.
The film Detrás de la Noche [Behind the Night] was realized in the framework of Plants_Intelligence. Learning like a Plant, a research project funded by SNSF and hosted by Institute Art Gender Nature HGK Basel FHNW.
Written, Directed, filmed and edited by: Felipe Castelblanco
Locations: Putumayo, Colombia and Madre de Dios, Perú
Duration: 12:00 min
Language: Spanish with English Subtitles