Title: Below the Sun (2020)
Sound- and video-installation with live reading.
Premiered at Changing Room, Berlin, 2020.
The live reading was based on the score Below the Sun / Book of Verse.
On Christmas Day 1968, the Apollo 17 mission captured the iconic photographic image of Earth, known as the "Blue Marble." This fragile, glassy-looking depiction of our planet sparked a growing ecological awareness in the decades that followed. However, more than 50 years later, humanity’s relentless consumerism and environmental destruction have driven the world’s ecology to the brink of collapse.
The sun, a central figure in ancient mythology and modern science alike, becomes the focus of storytelling in Below the Sun, addressing humanity's ever-changing perception of this immense, burning mass.
The installation featured computer-animated imagery of burning gases, visualizing atomic processes and transformations. The sun’s circular form breaks apart as the gases shift and move, creating a dynamic representation of its volatile nature.
The video reflects on the autonomous and independent behaviour of burning gases and the sun as the most powerful energy source in our solar system.
video on vimeo.
https://vimeo.com/433377405