With Riparia, Emilija Škarnulytė proposes a visual crossing of the Rhône via Lake Geneva. Using scientific techniques of photogrammetry and underwater sensors, she follows the course of the water, beyond the waves, scraping the benthic sea floor, the domain of the riparian and the lacustrine, to read the effects of human intervention.

Director: Emilija Škarnulytė Editor: Vytautas Tinteris Composer: Jokūbas Čižikas CGI: Gregory Blunt Drone Pilot: Eric Blanc, Benoit Muñoz Snakes: Emilija Škarnulytė, Newton Gomez, Gui Mauad Costume designer: Gui Mauad Green screen: João Daflon Production: Mirror Matter Productions Brasil production assistant: Felipe Brêtas Set production assistant: Bruna Cavalheiro Director of photography: Pedro Nascimento VFX supervisor: João Daflon Making of: Thais Castro Studio: Multiphocus Entertainment

Emilija Škarnulytė is a Lithuanian-born artist and filmmaker. Working between the realms of the documentary and the imaginary, Škarnulytė makes films, sculptures, drawings, and immersive installations exploring deep time and invisible structures. She works in realms that range from the cosmic and geological to the ecological and political. In her emerging cosmology, she binds the ancient and the future through the mythological. With a future archaeologist’s perspective, the artist’s films take us into decommissioned nuclear power plants and deep-sea data storage units, forgotten underwater cities, and uncanny natural phenomena.

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