Light up the Void  

Love In Motion: a music video that puts your eyes to the test

In 2012, Gaspar Noé directed a dazzling music video for SebastiAn that both questions and captivates. Filmed in a bare room, the dance of Lente Tresor, captured in close-ups and moving shots, bears the director's signature: a raw, undistanced aesthetic, where the camera almost becomes a body in the act of being there.

Upon its release, the video sparked widespread unease. The performer's youth, the intimacy of the gestures, and the close framing reignited contemporary debates surrounding the representation of the body, hypersexualization, and the responsibilities of the gaze. The clip was briefly removed from some platforms, revealing a cultural climate that was more vigilant and sensitive to these issues.

But Love In Motion transcends mere controversy. It exposes a fundamental tension: how to film vulnerability without capturing it in a distorted way? How to create without anticipating all the viewer's projections? At the crossroads of SebastiAn's music and Noé's direct imagery, the video remains a short but dense work, which reflects back to us our own ways of seeing.