Synopsis

Part figurative, part abstract, Drux Flux is a short comprising of fast-flowing images showing modern people crushed by industry. Inspired by One-Dimensional Man, by H. Marcuse, Ushev deconstructs industrial scenes and their terrifying geometry to show the inhumanity of progress.


 

Theodore Ushev

Born in Kyustendil, Bulgaria, Theodore Ushev first made a name for himself as a poster artist in his native country before settling in Montreal in 1999. In Montreal, Ushev worked in the multimedia industry and then found fruitful creative soil at the National Film Board of Canada, where he has made more than 10 films to date, including Lipsett Diaries (2010), about the tortured life and art of the acclaimed experimental filmmaker, and the Academy Award-nominated short Blind Vaysha (2016). Ushev’s films have won more than 150 awards and mentions and have screened in many retrospectives.