Body Heat is an abstract and poetic short piece that touches on themes of vulnerability and surrender to human contact. The luscious visuals are a montage of dream-like neon nightlife shots, a kaleidoscope of colour.
The cinematography and pacing has the capacity to make us feels immersed, but the voice over at the forefront never allows us to be fully in the moment of the visual – we are always watching from the outside, which, rather than making us removed from the action, instead manages to give a feeling of nostalgia. It is both nostalgic and timeless, a series of memories and sensory experience that we can all relate to.
In this sense it is a clever piece, and although at times the poetry itself doesn’t quite land, it is clearly a hugely personal piece of art that allows us the space to consider our own interpretations while giving a clear sense of the themes that led the artist to this point.
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