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Saemundur Thor Helgason, ‘MANTIS’, END SCENE, 2022
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Saemundur Thor Helgason, ‘MANTIS’, Rijksakademie open studios, 2022
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Saemundur Thor Helgason, ‘MANTIS’, Rijksakademie open studios, 2022
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Saemundur Thor Helgason, ‘MANTIS’, Rijksakademie open studios, 2022
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Saemundur Thor Helgason, ‘MANTIS’, Rijksakademie open studios, 2022
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Saemundur Thor Helgason, ‘MANTIS’, Rijksakademie open studios, 2022
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Saemundur Thor Helgason, ‘MANTIS’, Rijksakademie open studios, 2022
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Saemundur Thor Helgason, ‘MANTIS’, Rijksakademie open studios, 2022
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Saemundur Thor Helgason, ‘MANTIS’, Rijksakademie open studios, 2022
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Saemundur Thor Helgason, ‘MANTIS’, Rijksakademie open studios, 2022
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Saemundur Thor Helgason, ‘MANTIS’, Rijksakademie open studios, 2022
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Saemundur Thor Helgason, ‘MANTIS’, Rijksakademie open studios, 2022
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Saemundur Thor Helgason, ‘MANTIS’, Rijksakademie open studios, 2022
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Saemundur Thor Helgason, ‘MANTIS’, Rijksakademie open studios, 2022
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Saemundur Thor Helgason, ‘MANTIS’, Rijksakademie open studios, 2022
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Saemundur Thor Helgason, ‘MANTIS’, Rijksakademie open studios, 2022
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Saemundur Thor Helgason, ‘MANTIS’, Rijksakademie open studios, 2022
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Saemundur Thor Helgason, ‘MANTIS’, Rijksakademie open studios, 2022
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Saemundur Thor Helgason, ‘MANTIS’, Rijksakademie open studios, 2022
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Saemundur Thor Helgason, ‘MANTIS’, Rijksakademie open studios, 2022
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Saemundur Thor Helgason, ‘MANTIS’, Rijksakademie open studios, 2022
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Saemundur Thor Helgason, ‘MANTIS’, Rijksakademie open studios, 2022
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Saemundur Thor Helgason, ‘MANTIS’, Rijksakademie open studios, 2022
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Saemundur Thor Helgason, ‘MANTIS’, Rijksakademie open studios, 2022
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Saemundur Thor Helgason, ‘MANTIS’, Rijksakademie open studios, 2022
MANTIS
Rijksakademie open studios
2022
‘MANTIS’ is a short sci-fi film about an artist producing the Solar Plexus Pressure Belt™, a Deep Touch Pressure technology alleviating financial anxiety. During a late night of work, they are suddenly abducted by extraterrestrials. Upon returning to the studio, they find that their appearance, as well as their mood, has begun to change.
Writer / Director:
Saemundur Thor Helgason
Protagonist:
Anto López Espinosa
Assistant Director:
Brianna Leatherbury
Original Soundtrack:
Gunnar Gunnsteinsson
Music:
“Departed Jewels of the Preeminent Antiquated Firmaments” by Julia Felix
’’Battle Trance’’ by AKMV-18
Sound operator:
Kamron Hazel
Prosthetic makeup:
Brianna Leatherbury
Saemundur Thor Helgason
Stylists:
Brianna Leatherbury
Anto López Espinosa
DOP / VFX / Editor:
Saemundur Thor Helgason
Producer:
Félag Borgara (eng. ‘Fellowship of Citizens’)
Supported by:
Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Fonds Kwadraat & Myndlistarsjóður
Rijksakademie open studios
2022
‘MANTIS’ is a short sci-fi film about an artist producing the Solar Plexus Pressure Belt™, a Deep Touch Pressure technology alleviating financial anxiety. During a late night of work, they are suddenly abducted by extraterrestrials. Upon returning to the studio, they find that their appearance, as well as their mood, has begun to change.
Writer / Director:
Saemundur Thor Helgason
Protagonist:
Anto López Espinosa
Assistant Director:
Brianna Leatherbury
Original Soundtrack:
Gunnar Gunnsteinsson
Music:
“Departed Jewels of the Preeminent Antiquated Firmaments” by Julia Felix
’’Battle Trance’’ by AKMV-18
Sound operator:
Kamron Hazel
Prosthetic makeup:
Brianna Leatherbury
Saemundur Thor Helgason
Stylists:
Brianna Leatherbury
Anto López Espinosa
DOP / VFX / Editor:
Saemundur Thor Helgason
Producer:
Félag Borgara (eng. ‘Fellowship of Citizens’)
Supported by:
Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Fonds Kwadraat & Myndlistarsjóður