To Hyperborea

To Hyperborea (2012, duration 7:33 HD). Filmed during a residency in Vadsø, North Norway this considers such things as arrival, departure, waiting and explore the romanticism of flight. The film includes images of the long journey North by plane and ends with images of a tower in Vadsø used in the early 20th Century to tether Zeppelins before two failed flights to the North Pole. This was shown at Kino Babylon, Berlin (June 2012) as part of Tegel: Flights of Fancy, an exhibition of works that respond to the planned closure of Berlin’s Tegel Airport.