In 2007, the Prix Ars Electronica jury recognised “Apnée” by Claude Chabot (Computer Animation) with a Honorary Mention.
A camera is suspended in the air, seemingly defying gravity. This is the beginning of a slow hypnotic trip that takes us into the convolutions of a gossip column, where an indiscrete photographer, a public personality and his female companion for the evening, as well as the mysterious driver of a blood-red sportscar…
About Claude Chabot
Claude Chabot (FR), born in 1967, graduated from fine arts school in 1990. Since 1991 he has been working as a computer-graphics artist and visual effects supervisor with the major French visualeffects companies.
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.