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Apodemy

- Katerina Athanasopoulou · Experimental / Poem / Animation · 5 min · 6.8K views

Directed by Katerina Athanasopoulou · 2013

Drawing on Plato's image of the soul as a birdcage and the restlessness of birds before migration, this poetic animation reflects on emigration.

A haunting visual poem that turns migrating birds into a meditation on leaving home.

Check out this uniquely inspiring short film created by Katerina Athanasopoulou! Plato likens the human soul with a cage, where knowledge is birds flying. We"re born with the cage empty and, as we grow, we collect birds

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