Huddersfield University film Carbon Dating Angels makes world-wide impression

Nov 2 2009 By Emma Davison

“I was lucky to find a student who shared my vision for the piece. His creative input was key to the development of the film and we both influenced each other in terms of our working practices.”

Sam saw the project as an ideal opportunity to transfer his artistic abilities onto a new canvas, exploring ideas of the supernatural and scientifically immeasurable in the form of video-art.

He said: “I like to think of this film as a kind of representation of the cosmic dance which places some kind of human order in a seemingly infinite and utterly chaotic universe of possibilities.

“Or perhaps it makes a comment on how far we humans really need to go in our scientific efforts to fathom existence and ‘carbon date’ the angels.

The film has already been well-received at festivals around the world, including the Square Eyes Festival in the Netherlands.

As well as its screening at the Leeds International Film Festival, it is also set to be shown at the International Video Dance Festival of Buenos Aires.