Anjelica Mesiti: Rapture

Overview

Sydney-born artist, Angelica Mesiti's, short film, Rapture, encapsulates the emotional thrill of music festivals and compares it to something not often associated with such events – religious worship. Bringing together the fresh, bright eyed faces of music festival goers, Mesiti's 10-minute film delves into the complex states of longing, belonging and personal spirituality.

Shot in slow motion, the scenes of sweat drenched faces, showers of water and sunlight gliding over young limbs, powerfully compare to a collection of youths immersed in religious fervour and spiritual transport. Kids lost in worship to the just out of reach rock 'gods' on stage expose a highly emotional fever building and releasing through the crowd, creating a collective state of ecstasy.

Having taken out the $20,000 Blake Price for Religious Art in 2009, Rapture is a complex cinematic experience that reveals a rare emotional state captured elegantly by film.