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My interest in photography predates my curiosity about film. Among the thousands of photographs I have taken throughout my life, these are some that are especially close to my heart because they tell more than just the moment they capture.

For around a year I traveled through South and Central America with my best friend. From the high end luxury horse riding ranch in Argentina, to low end backpacking in Bolivia, we went through a wide spectrum of unforgettable experiences.

To sharpen my craft and for preservation purposes, I set myself the goal to accompany each significant location with a short, but poignant video episode. The thus resulting series “Seasons of Travel” has turned into a multi year effort and its completion is still in progress. Nevertheless, the results have yielded some of my favourite and most personal films to date, such as the chapters on North Argentina, Estancia Don Joaquin and the Sacred Valley.

Explore the route of our journey.

Click a chapter to watch its film.

These films are a playground of visual delight and conceptual ideas. Increasingly, the highly complex language of scenic montage and deeply thought voice overs has excited me. In what feels like an infinite jigsaw puzzle, all of these pieces are the result of extensive conceptualisation and heavy experimentation.

While on the surface they might be seen as just another travel video, to me they offer an important expression that would not be possible in any other form of media. Undeniably there is a strong autobiographical component to them, yet simultaneously they tackle larger questions, especially the conscious and subconscious mind.

The Inspection of a Memory Speckled Mind

Bathing in Budapest and the Lack of Ideas

Fishing for Ideas in an Ocean of Reflections

Fishing for ideas in an ocean of reflections.

Rationality

How would one’s rational self reflect on one’s irrational counterpart?

Director · Editor · Berlin

Kaspar Trantenroth

Kaspar Trantenroth is a Berlin based director and editor with a background in film science and communication. He began making films at an early age, evolving from travel videos into narrative driven short films, commercial work and documentaries. Fascinated by the power of filmic montage and the nuanced language of visual storytelling, he is always looking for novel perspectives and consistently striving for excellence.

For more than 10 years he has been making films under the name Kaboon. Spending 11 months traveling through South America, made possible by creating films for hotels and tour agencies along the way, had a profound impact on his outlook. Moreover, Trantenroth has worked as an editor for the production company Sandgrain, produced short films for the social charity AMA in Peru, and collaborated with brands like Ampelmann. His intellectual curiosity extends beyond filmmaking: he delivered a TEDxYouth Berlin talk titled “What Happened to Deep Thinking?”, exploring society’s relationship with reflection and inquiry.