Infrared light is not directly visible to us, but plants absorb it. Special cameras can detect these reflected light waves and convert them into images.
Foliage, viewed through a red lens, reveals infrared light—a type of electromagnetic radiation beyond the visible spectrum. While invisible to the human eye, it can often be felt as heat.
Turned into black-and-white imagery, the film highlights the high reflectivity of chlorophyll, capturing the foliage as bright white while the skies deepen into rich, dark hues.
Warm Bodies at Reach for Shine, September 5-30, 2024, Small Works, San Francisco, California, in collaboration with Personal Space, Vallejo, California.
Based on research by Ryo Futahashi on the color perception of the dragonfly. Videography, audio recordings, and mixing by Halina Kliem.
How Long is Now or How to See Like a Dragonfly ~ Optical Sensors and Motion Capture: Experiments with high frame rates and ultraviolet-sensitive cameras to mimic the vision of a dragonfly. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern California Academy of Sciences at Chapman University, Orange, California, May 2024
Installation at Floating University Berlin (Germany) Audio by the birds and humans visiting.
Inside Ballona Waachnga, Los Angeles/Berlin, 30 minutes, two-channel video installation, color, sounds of the birds and humans visiting Floating University Berlin, September 2023.
Photography and direction by Halina Kliem. Audio recordings and mixing by Daniel Rothman.
Five Minutes in the Ballona Waachnga Wetlands, Los Angeles, California, September 2022, short film, 5 minutes, one channel, color, sound, Miracle Theater, Inglewood, California.