In ancient Roman religion, the Ludi Florales was a festival in honor of the goddess Flora, held April 27 during the Republican era. In Latin, the festival was known as the Ludi Florales, the Games (ludi) of Flora. Under the Empire, the games lasted for six days. Year: 2015 Format: HD Duration: 04:57 Mins. Concept / Direction / Stop Motion / Time Lapse / Editing: ALESSANDRO BAVARI Soundtrack: ZU (Mimosa Hostilis - Carboniferous, 2008) Flora Design and Set Up: JOELLE BAVARI Flora Assistent Set up and Assistent Stop Motion: ELENA GALANTI THE REPORT: - The total processing time: 18 months - Stop Motion: 15 days - Size of frames: 40 mpixel - Amounts of plants shooting: 60 - Speed shooting: from 25/50 per day to 100 fps - Time-lapse required for each sequence: 07/15 days, 24 h. per day. - Lenses used: Macro 240 mm, Wide Angle 45 mm, Zoom 80-160 mm, Tele 75 mm - Number of shots: 12.000 - Lights: radio-controlled Compact Flashes - Survival lights: 150 watt x 2, 24 h. per day - Insect infestation: 2 times. - Intoxication: 1 time, from mushrooms, with cortisone treatment. LUDI FLORALES® IS PROPERTIES OF ALESSANDRO BAVARI/ZU COPYRIGHT - 2008 - 2016 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. - Attribution — You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work). - Noncommercial — You may not use this work for commercial purposes. No Derivative Works — You may not alter, transform, or build upon this work. Notice — For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the license terms of this work. The best way to do this is with a link to this web page.

LUDI FLORALES

Duration: 04:57 Mins.
Year: 2015
Format: HD (1920 x 1080)

The Ludi Florales were games celebrated in ancient Rome, from April 28 to May 3, to honor the goddess Flora with wild and orgiastic ceremonies with a pastoral theme where women were dressed in bright colors, while men decorated their heads with garlands of flowers.

Ludi Florales is a refined and powerful work that manages to engage with nature not as a passive subject, but as living, mutating, and symbolic matter. It is an invitation to see the vegetal world as living time, rather than as a decorative backdrop.


The work, which took about 18 months to complete, respecting the natural botanical cycles, was created entirely in stop motion and time lapse.

Soundtrack: ZU (Mimosa Hostilis - Carboniferous, 2008)

Flora Design and Set Up: JOELLE BAVARI

Flora Assistant Set up and Assistant Stop Motion: ELENA GALANTI

THE REPORT:

- The total processing time: 18 months
- Total number of shots: 12.000
- Time-lapse required for each sequence: 07/15 days, 24 h. per day.
- Speed shooting: from 25 to 50 per day (1 shot every half hour or an hour)
- Amounts of plants shooting: 60
- Survival lights: 250 watt x 2, 24 h. per day (I spent a fortune on electricity)
- Stop Motion: 15 days of hard work
- Size of frames: 40 mpixel (Pentax 645 D)
- Lenses used: Macro 240 mm, Wide Angle 45 mm, Zoom 80-160 mm, Tele 75 mm
- Lights: radio-controlled Compact Flashes
- Insect infestations: 2 times. Exterminated with Dobol.
- Intoxication: 1 time, mushroom spore poisoning, 40-day cortisone treatment.

Ludi Florales is a refined and powerful work.