When the Wind Blows


When the Wind Blows
2018
HD video, stop-motion animation
flat arable lands
scant tree and hedge
fierce wind tears across 
flat industrial fields
few trees or 
hedgerows 
to impede

Single channel HD video, stop-motion black and white animation, stereo sound field recording
Cinematic screening: 2 min 26 sec
When the Wind Blows is an experimental stop-motion animation accompanied by the sound of local field recording.

It is an ongoing project exploring ways to capture the physical, intangible forces of the weather, in this case the wind - a characteristic feature of local Suffolk landscapes, where industrial farming since the 1970s necessitates an absence of trees and hedgerows which exacerbates the ferociousness of winds without impediment.

landscape, rural, environment, marginalisation, wind, listening
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