In a time of global discord, travel bans, persecution, climate change, and pandemics, we are working on a project that shines a hopeful light into a collective experience.
Our video-based project Aligned by the Sun, seeks to unify our fractured planet. We have connected with artists from each of the 193 UN member states, as well as several non UN member nations and territories in the world and asked them to capture a short video of the sun. Then we have taken these clips to make large installations, video collages, and still image composites.
We are currently working on three iterations:
-The first is a video projection installation where all 223 films will be projected at once in full surround. The projection will come from an object in the center of the room that houses the projectors and revolves at 2 RPM. The rotation is referencing the orbit of the earth around the sun, the rotation of the earth itself, and activating the space.
-The second iteration is a single channel 24 hour film that follows the sun longitudinally and the earth rotates. We want this iteration to be shown in a space where the viewer can sit and relax and take in the slow pace of individual artists' capture of the sun setting.
-The third is a set of still images that each compresses a still from all 223 films, stacking and aligning each image via the sun.
Learn More: https://www.ghostofadream.com/aligned-by-the-sun