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A Walk In The Park

This animated experimental short film takes viewers on a journey through a strange and surreal world, perhaps an inner-world. The film features a winged faceless woman, a posthuman fine dining establishment, and a piano playing heart. The winged faceless woman is a recurring motif throughout the film, and she seems to represent the potential for transformation and growth. The heart playing the piano is a haunting and beautiful image that adds to the dreamlike quality of the film. Overall, this abstract animated film aims to be a thought-provoking visceral work of art that explores themes of transformation, identity, and the sentient condition.

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Viewable on FilmFreeway: the 12min 22sec rough cut
To note: a 10min cut (inc. credits) is also available.

  • SONIA LEVESQUE
    Director
  • SONIA LEVESQUE
    Writer
  • MEGASCANS
    3D MODEL
  • ALEX SOP
    3D MODEL
  • PROTOFACTOR INC
    3D MODEL
  • INCAS
    3D MODEL
  • VLADIS27
    3D MODEL
  • DENYS RUTKOVSKYI
    3D MODEL
  • EPIC GAMES
    3D MODEL
  • DUCKY 3D
    3D MODEL
  • ARTCORE STUDIOS
    3D MODEL
  • MASSIVE FX
    ENVIRONMENT + VFX
  • VELARION
    ENVIRONMENT + VFX
  • JESSY STORM
    ENVIRONMENT + VFX
  • KYRYLO SIBIRAKOV
    ENVIRONMENT + VFX
  • SHOGUN GAMES
    ENVIRONMENT + VFX
  • RICHÉL (AKOB) WIELES
    DANCE MOTION CAPTURE
  • BETABEATS
    SOUND + MUSIC
  • SZEGVARI
    SOUND + MUSIC
  • LEV YOUNOISE
    SOUND + MUSIC
  • MICROSOFT SONIA
    SOUND + MUSIC
  • MATRIXXX
    SOUND + MUSIC
  • GLITTERGLASS
    SOUND + MUSIC
  • LYDMAKEREN
    SOUND + MUSIC
  • GIBARROULE
    SOUND + MUSIC
  • STRAGET
    SOUND + MUSIC
  • IBC
    SOUND + MUSIC
  • IDEZEM
    SOUND + MUSIC
  • VESTIBULE DOOR
    SOUND + MUSIC
  • JOHNSON BRANDE
    SOUND + MUSIC
  • MAGNUS WAKER
    SOUND + MUSIC
  • @tenxBeats
    SOUND + MUSIC
  • FLOWERS FOR MOODY PEOPLE
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    10 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    December 31, 2023
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Verve Poetry Festival
    Birmingham :: Birmingham Hippodrome
    United Kingdom
    February 23, 2024
    Official Selection
  • LCB Depot Screen 2024
    Leicester :: LCB Depot
    April 17, 2024
    Official Selection
  • Flatpack Festival :: Made in the Midlands
    Birmingham :: Mockingbird Cinema
    United Kingdom
    May 10, 2024
    Official Selection
Director - SONIA LEVESQUE
Director Statement

Award Winning Visual Artist / Thinker / Realtime Filmmaker (Unreal Engine)
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:: ART PRACTICE M.O ::
Forever in pursuit of truth, freedom & play
(fuelled by coffee, sarcasm and creative rebellion)
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:: PHILOSOPHY ::
Artists have always been an endangered species, but recently, more aggressively so (funding/education cuts)... it's probably because art has the power to change the world. I feel privileged to make, play, experiment, self-express and communicate with others in what feels like my mother tongue. I want the next generation of artists to be able to do the same.

In some ways, art is the most sincere form of historical record-keeping that humanity has access to. As artists/creative-technologists/mischief-makers/social-scientists, we are uniquely placed to metaphorically 'poke the bear' of society via our work, inviting people to ponder our current and potential future realities.

I've been in the art space long enough to be content with what I've created (+ confident re the creative trajectory of my personal arts practice), but ain't been here long enough to be jaded beyond repair (yet). This means that I've just the right amount of "I'm mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore"-ness (*imagine meme here please*) and naïveté to believe that good can prevail, and art will be the thing that connects everyone to each other and the world around us (art, not war.).
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:: SOME PROJECTS THAT EPITOMISE MY PRACTICE ::

//A Walk In The Park: An experimental moving image artwork which features a winged faceless woman, a posthuman fine dining establishment, and a piano playing heart (VERVE Poetry Festival, Flatpack Festival, LCB Depot, Ostranenie Theatre).

//Hybrid Art Journal: (experimental art zine which lived across digital, physical and virtual realms for three months in 2022) I invited 10 artists, designers and thinkers to come together and co-create a hybrid, left-field living journal.

//UDOU: 3D Metallic sculptures question the illusion of freedom and control (ArtBasel Miami).

//The Masses: Successfully incorporated elements of poetry, mass participation, audiovisual, physical installation, and virtual installation (BJP Edition365 Award).

//AI&I: A virtual installation which chronicles my experience with artificial intelligence (Longlisted: Aesthetica Art Prize).
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https://levesque.co.uk
IG/TW/YT: @hello_levesque
Location: West Midlands

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The most recent outputs from my studio have been micro animation films, utilising realtime filmmaking methods via games engine technology (Unreal Engine).