Embodied Filming Tools
Embodied Filming Tools challenge conventional notions of objectivity in filmmaking by foregrounding the body as an active, sensing agent. These tools — wearable cameras, gesture-responsive technologies, and deliberately used handheld devices — make the filmmaker's movements, rhythms, and subjectivity integral to the filmed material.
I find a kindred spirit in the war correspondent, navigating the shifting frontlines of life through a sharp, perceptive lens—though my focus is the subtle nuances of everyday life rather than crisis. The image is my tool: both an entry and an exit, a reason to linger a bit longer, a question that sometimes carries an answer too raw to ignore. By blending documentary with experimental imagery, I carve out my own visual language grounded in "actuality."
Building on this, I've designed three mobile camera devices—the Backpack, the Wheel, and the Shoe—repurposing everyday objects into unconventional filming tools that liberate body and mind, queering the gaze. Working with them, I developed Losing My Religion, Zoekjaar - A Year of Searching, and Wheels with Wheels, and continue to make Space and Place.
Documentation: Riccardo De Vecchi
Works
The Backpack - Performative filming tool
Backpack | PVC tube | GoPro camera
to the documentary film: Zoekjaar - A Year of Searching
The Backpack - Performative filming toolBackpack | PVC tube | GoPro camera