In The Vast Ocean of Air
In The Vast Ocean of Air
16 min., 2016, HD video, colour, stereo, 4/3
In the Vast Ocean of Air is set in the Arctic archipelago, and former no-man’s land of Svalbard, a region subject to exploitation of natural resources since the early 1600’s. Paying particular attention to the materiality of clouds, and to the transmissions and transformations they perform, be they physical, biological, chemical, digital or other, the video reflects upon some of the material exchanges taking place through the atmosphere. Clouds envelop about two thirds of Earth’s surface at any given time. Inherently material they reflect sunlight, but also act like a blanket. Clouds tell of weather to come. Yet their intermingling with minute airborne matter pose major interferences, obscuring human predictions of unfolding climate.
Hanna Husberg
Claire Bosi