2015 (11’)

Switzerland

Director: Ursula Biemann

With an understated touch of science fiction, Ursula Biemann’s video essay juxtaposes the science of geology and climatology with human history. The video unfolds across the Subatlantic, the latest climatic phase of the Holocene that began about 2,500 years ago and has registered major civilizational changes. The voiceover alludes to a she-scientist who is making instrumental observations about a changing environment around the last glacial melts.

FESTIVALS

• Kasseler Dokfest, Denmark, 2016
• Arctic Moving Image and Film Festival, Norway, 2016
• IMPAKT Festival, The Netherlands, 2017

Ursula Biemann is an artist, author, and video essayist based in Zurich, Switzerland. Her artistic practice is strongly research oriented and involves fieldwork in remote locations where she investigates climate change and the ecologies of oil and water. Her video installations are exhibited worldwide in museums and at international art biennials in Liverpool, Sharjah, Shanghai, Sevilla, Istanbul, Montreal, Venice and Sao Paulo and she had comprehensive solo exhibitions at Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Bildmuseet Umea, Lentos Museum Linz and Helmhaus Zurich.

Original language:
English

Editor:
Ursula Biemann

Cinematographer:
Ursula Biemann

Contacts:
Ursula Biemann
E: Ursula@geobodies.org