The Dwelling - Place of Light (2022)

Single-channel (2920x1644) 3D animation 2’24” continuous loop

NW What do you think the film itself is: a kind of storytelling or a kind of observing?

EÇ The film derives from an archaeological finding. The temple has eight holes on top, equally positioned from the centre to the sides. According to the archaeologists, this temple was built like so, and there was once a goddess placed in the middle of the temple. It was suggested that while the sun travels around, it will light the statue equally throughout the day in a circular pattern, like clockwork. During the production research, I found images of a cave called Prohodna, which has two holes on top, known as the Eyes of God. The movement in the animation is the light going through a cycle of day and night so that both the temple and the interior of the cave are lit by sunlight and moonlight.

NW So the film is having the audience watch something which is itself watching.

EÇ Exactly. I use the “eyes” on top of this cave very much like an aperture, to focus the light on certain elements in the setting.
Nell Whittaker, TANK Magazine, March 2022