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vertical on my own

16 mm film transferred to HD, large scale projection with sound

2 min 55 sec

Edition 5 + 2 AP

A large horizontal shadow fills the frame from edge to edge. We never see who makes the shadow. We know that only something vertical can cast a horizontal shadow. A human standing upright in the arctic winter throws extremely long shadows. This is due to the fact that the sun sits low on the horizon so far north on the globe. The shadow moves, opens and closes on the crispy snowscape. The shadow questions its source whether it consist of one or more or whether who is supporting who. The sound track is one unedited human voice.

Sound: Eldbjørg Raknes
Camera: Jakob Ingimundarsson
Supported by Norwegian Film Fund