Aug 5, 2015
This silent video is part of a secular requiem for the ideal of perfect wholeness. It draws inspiration from Marc Augé’s study of the travel accounts of Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand. Augé writes, “The ideal vantage point — because it combines the effect of movement with distance — is the deck of a ship putting out to sea.” The activity of passing by affords us the image of a place in its entirety.