Saemundur Thor Helgason, ‘MANTIS’, END SCENE, 2022
Saemundur Thor Helgason, ‘MANTIS’, Rijksakademie open studios, 2022
Saemundur Thor Helgason, ‘MANTIS’, Rijksakademie open studios, 2022
Saemundur Thor Helgason, ‘MANTIS’, Rijksakademie open studios, 2022
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
Saemundur Thor Helgason, ‘MANTIS’, Rijksakademie open studios, 2022
Saemundur Thor Helgason, ‘MANTIS’, Rijksakademie open studios, 2022
Saemundur Thor Helgason, ‘MANTIS’, Rijksakademie open studios, 2022
Saemundur Thor Helgason, ‘MANTIS’, Rijksakademie open studios, 2022
Saemundur Thor Helgason, ‘MANTIS’, Rijksakademie open studios, 2022
Saemundur Thor Helgason, ‘MANTIS’, Rijksakademie open studios, 2022
Saemundur Thor Helgason, ‘MANTIS’, Rijksakademie open studios, 2022
Saemundur Thor Helgason, ‘MANTIS’, Rijksakademie open studios, 2022
Saemundur Thor Helgason, ‘MANTIS’, Rijksakademie open studios, 2022
Saemundur Thor Helgason, ‘MANTIS’, Rijksakademie open studios, 2022
Saemundur Thor Helgason, ‘MANTIS’, Rijksakademie open studios, 2022
Saemundur Thor Helgason, ‘MANTIS’, Rijksakademie open studios, 2022
Saemundur Thor Helgason, ‘MANTIS’, Rijksakademie open studios, 2022
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