A selection of works by current LAFVA film-maker Marine Hugonnier are currently on show at Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Hugonnier’s ‘Trilogy’ comprises a series of Super 16mm films that explore the ways in which images of the landscape influence the observer’s experience of it, and conversely, how history or ideology can shape the perception of a landscape.

Filmed on three continents over the past five years, the ‘Trilogy’ films raise questions about the process of viewing and engage what the artist refers to as the “politics of vision”.

The films; Ariana (2003); The Last Tour (2004) and Travelling Amazonia (2006); attempt to capture the underlying structures of perception that both frame and affect the visual experience of the landscape.

London-based Hugonnier studied philosophy and anthropology before becoming a visual artist. Her work draws from a rich history of experimental film and video art as well as recent cultural theory.

Huggonier has recently received a LAFVA award for her new film Travel to the Lands of Cinema between Niamey and Bamako/A Tribute To Jean Rouch.

The project will record a voyage between Niamey in Niger and Bamako, Mali, along the river Niger where Jean Rouch lived and worked for many years. This film is a tribute to his cinematic gestures and will be a journey into the origins of that specific cinema, the so-called 'cinema verité'.

The film will follow the territory of the Songhay people, which was the tribe that Jean Rouch studied throughout his career. It will investigate the position of the film-maker as an anthropologist and as an actor whilst rituals, such as the ritual of the rain, take place. This ritual and this territory will be depicted through the eyes of two main characters, Damouré Zika and Moussa Hamidou, who were an actor and sound engineer, respectively, for Jean Rouch.

For full details of ‘Trilogy’ and to listen to an audio podcast of Hugonnier discussing her work visit the Philadelphia Museum of Art website.