Ice Breath
Ice Breath is an experimental, 43-minute black-and-white movie by photographer and filmmaker Leonard Alecu, dedicated to the melting icebergs off the eastern coast of Greenland. Climate change and human hubris lie at the core of this movie, which transgresses genres. Cloaked as a documentary, Ice Breath is a filmed essay on appearing and perishing, on becoming and decaying, on extinction and genesis. The film is a parable of life's fragility, against the backdrop of which develops the unending aspiration for absolute perfection.
- Language
- Country Romania
- Genre Experimental
- Producer Leonard Alecu
- Year of creation 2023
- Duration 00:42:46
With a master's degree in microelectronics, Leonard Alecu is also a photographer and filmmaker. Introduced to large-format film photography (8x20 inches) by American photographers Paula Chamlee and Michael A. Smith, followers of the Edward Weston school, Alecu continues the pursuit of tangible perfection in black and white, born from the alchemy of analog photography. Captivated by subjects in the distant frozen lands of the North, he exhibits his large-format works in museums and galleries, such as the Museum of Recent Art in Bucharest and the University of Arts Gallery in Iasi. The film Ice Breath was born from the need to convey the movement and hidden drama Alecu always felt during his photographic expeditions to Greenland—something his large-format camera could not capture on the ocean. The transition from photography to film occurred spontaneously, with the same visual and existential explorations guiding the artist.
