Superpolar Continuity, 2024
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Chthonian profile:
Western: ♏︎ [Scorpio]
Slavic: Swan
Chinese:木龙[Wood Dragon]
Superpolar continuity is a story of a very special type of travelling — immigrating. Specifically (physically and mentally) from the East (Shanghai) to the extreme West (Saõ Paulo) as told from a first person perspective.
Based on the real life of The Mainline Group member Lena Kilina, the video pictures constant movement of scenery — from colourful celebrations to mourning nature, travelling by train, bike, foot, and sea. Assembled from purely personal footage, the video defies the polished travelling documentary aesthetics, which are never earnest depictions of the process. Instead, the video aims to redefine the genre of immigration stories as a video-postcard, showing discovering new land is never a clean process. From grief to celebration, from loss to acquisition, Superpolar Continuity depicts the dualities of life on wheels.
The soundtrack for this video 西方-东方 was composed by Meta Golova band and debuted live on NTS Radio and Gallery Emalin (London) on July 9th 2024.
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Based on the real life of The Mainline Group member Lena Kilina, the video pictures constant movement of scenery — from colourful celebrations to mourning nature, travelling by train, bike, foot, and sea. Assembled from purely personal footage, the video defies the polished travelling documentary aesthetics, which are never earnest depictions of the process. Instead, the video aims to redefine the genre of immigration stories as a video-postcard, showing discovering new land is never a clean process. From grief to celebration, from loss to acquisition, Superpolar Continuity depicts the dualities of life on wheels.
The soundtrack for this video 西方-东方 was composed by Meta Golova band and debuted live on NTS Radio and Gallery Emalin (London) on July 9th 2024.
