Expanded cinema – mapping and live mixing / 6 min
A spectral figure inhabits the forest in a liminal state between sleep and wakefulness. The piece explores phantasmagoria as a visual language, articulating 6 phases of sleep —especially paralysis and REM— through luminous textures, hypnotic loops, and music.The body, multiplied and dissolved by digital effects, becomes an unstable presence: it does not narrate, it appears. A passage through the invisible, through what vibrates just before vanishing.
PHASE 1: Drowsiness (transition from wakefulness to sleep).
PHASE 2: Light sleep.
PHASE 3: Deep sleep (delta).
PHASE 4: REM sleep (rapid eye movement) – Sleep paralysis.
PHASE 5: Lucid dreaming / False awakenings.
PHASE 6: Awakening / Dissipation.
Director, Director of photography, editor and vj 2025.
INFRA is a dream I had some time ago—an image that kept recurring in my mind over and over again. During my experiences with sleep paralysis, I discovered and felt an altered state of consciousness that I couldn’t control while sleeping.
In this video, I attempt to represent the different phases of sleep we go through, moving through the REM stage—where brain activity intensifies and paralysis occurs—until, in some cases, reaching the lucid dreaming phase.
I use both analog and digital formats, with interventions in @touchdesigner and other processes developed along the way.
This project has been in the making throughout the year—initially as part of the Live Cinema and Mapping diploma I completed at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, and later as a personal exploration.