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. The film is currently in post production, but a preliminary edit is on view at the Rijksakademie open studios.
Writer / Director:
Saemundur Thor Helgason
Protagonist:
Anto López Espinosa
Assistant Director:
Brianna Leatherbury
Composer:
Gunnar Gunnsteinsson
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’)
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. The film is currently in post production, but a preliminary edit is on view at the Rijksakademie open studios.
Writer / Director:
Saemundur Thor Helgason
Protagonist:
Anto López Espinosa
Assistant Director:
Brianna Leatherbury
Composer:
Gunnar Gunnsteinsson
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’)