“The film “Dérives Alpines” (Alpine Drift) takes as its starting point the change in the way the Alps are represented as a result of global warming. of the Alps as a result of global warming. The high mountains, originally atemporal scale – that of geological time – is undergoing mutations that are bringing human time scale (a few decades). The colossus that is the mountain reveals a foot of clay, a fragility inherent in its constitution and contrary to the image of an immutable mountain. In the collective imagination, mountains embody power, grandeur and strength. Yet its constitution is the result of a tangle of rocky elements bound together by permafrost below 0℃). With increasing heatwaves, this Alpine cement heats up Alpine cement heats up, creating instability at the very heart of the mountains. The The result is increasingly frequent and spectacular rock collapses… ” The “Dérives Alpines” project is a continuation of Capucine Vever’s cinematographic research into the perception of the Alps. Capucine Vever’s film research on the perception of landscapes and the social and cultural constructions we invest in them.
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