Cambodian Trees

November 16, 2012 12:42 AM

Cambodian Trees by Clément Briend. "La culture cambodgienne est habitée par une spiritualité qui crée une conscience du monde peuplée de génies et d’esprits. Dans le paysage d'une ville endormie, la nuit fait apparaître ces figures divines sur les arbres, permettant ainsi leur incarnation. Par ces projections nocturnes, nous pouvons alors toucher la magie qui illumine leur regard sur le monde." [Via]
posted by homunculus (6 comments total)

In other news: Building blocks of Angkor Wat were shipped in by canal
posted by homunculus at 12:56 AM on November 16, 2012

I would love to see some video of this -am curious about whether the movement of the tree in the wind adds to the effect.

Cambodians are particularly wary of spirits in banana trees and mango trees apparently.
posted by rongorongo at 1:32 AM on November 16, 2012

Beautiful, merci. (And hooray for canals and satellite usage in archaeology!)
posted by jetlagaddict at 4:41 AM on November 16, 2012

Magnifique!
posted by caddis at 6:55 AM on November 16, 2012

Very inspiring (as in: i'm going to figure out how to do this myself) Thanks!
posted by ouke at 8:04 AM on November 16, 2012

gorgeous! to would be so cool to project images onto trees during an outdoor party. especially if the faces slowly changed and talked and stuff.
posted by 5_13_23_42_69_666 at 4:18 PM on November 16, 2012