2025 / full HD video, colour, stereo sound (3 min 45)

Tokamak is a visual meditation on fusion and loss of self, where electricity as a vector of transcendence unites as much as it consumes. The film captures that critical moment when movement releases contained energy, on the border between ecstasy and annihilation.
Fluid and elusive entities of energy abandon themselves to a collective trance. Through the pulsating sound of electricity, their bodies become the stage for a frenzied dance, a liberating ritual of disintegration. Each movement, each discharge pushes them towards a space of dissolution, between matter and vibration, where forms fragment and identities fade, creating a pure flow of energy.

direction, concept, editing & sound mix:
Thomas Laigle

cinematographer, LiDAR, VFX & colour grading:
Tawan Arun

artistic collaboration & choreograhy:
Lyllie Rouvière

performers:
Dorota Michalak, Furu Michiyasu, Deva Schubert, Emeka Ene

mask design:
Anastasios Kelpis

music:
m-O-m

production:
Lueurs Soniques

special thanks:
TheaterHaus Berlin Schöneweide