Chronopolis 1982 | Animation by Piotr Kamler

Weary immortals inhabit a metropolis in the sky and amuse themselves with constructions as they kill time and await whatever comes next. Piotr Kamler is one of the most startlingly creative animators in the history of the medium. Originally from Poland, Kamler has been based in France since the late 1950s and over a decades-long career has produced a series of animated films that intermix various techniques and aesthetic vocabularies in service of a singular and otherworldly imagination. With a rich visual language that combines genuinely fantastic imagery with a strangely intimate and affecting emotional power, his films inhabit a cinematic space that is both intensely engaging and mesmerizingly alien. Filled with images and ideas of staggering uniqueness and palpable wonder, Kamler’s films manage to involve us in an immersive, fantastical experience while we nevertheless remain consciously awed by the exquisiteness of his craft.