Maxime Contour's Archi'llusion short film reimagines Barcelona's architecture
French filmmaker Maxime Contour, founder of the artistic duo Ménilmonde and sole author since summer 2017, has released a new short film in his Archi'llusion series dedicated to Barcelona. The series uses Photoshop and 3D modeling techniques to overlay visionary extensions and relocations onto existing urban footage, altering buildings, monuments, and structures. Contour's work, previously documented in paper notebooks with words and drawings, now focuses on video. The films have been selected and awarded at festivals. The Barcelona short offers a playful testimony to architecture's central role in place identity, inviting viewers to scrutinize cities and recognize building compositions despite visual illusions.
Key facts
- Maxime Contour is a French filmmaker and co-founder of Ménilmonde.
- He has been the sole author of Ménilmonde since summer 2017.
- The Archi'llusion series includes a new short film on Barcelona.
- The film uses Photoshop and 3D modeling techniques.
- It shows existing urban contexts with visionary 3D extensions or relocations of buildings.
- Contour's earlier travel documentation used paper notebooks with words and drawings.
- His works have been selected and awarded at festivals.
- The short is presented on the Ménilmonde website.
Entities
Artists
- Maxime Contour
Institutions
- Ménilmonde
- Artribune
Locations
- Barcelona
- Spain