STORIES WRITTEN BY THE SKY
CHAPTER 1: Svalbard
Stories Written by The Sky is an multichapter immersive experience about temporal collapse and climate grief. This project emerged from an interest in the scalings and measurement of time in climate narratives and doomsday imaginaries.
Phase 1 of principal shooting took place in May 2024 in Svalbard, Norway with the support of Max Q Innovation Grant, Satellite Institute, Artica Svalbard and a host of generous participants who shared their stories with us. A screening Link is available upon request.
This project began as an interactive film that has become a growing pedagogical project. Emerging from a series of workshops and conversations, the narratives within are based on stories collected from permafrost scientists, geologists, artists, and new friends that we met along the way on our first arctic expedition.
Collaborations
As part of the multimodal outcome of this project, we worked alongside sound artist Dynoman to build the soundscape of our film, inspired by sounds collected by glaciologist Ugo Nanni, who is studying the rapid thawing of permafrost and glaciers in the arctic using sonic vibration.
Experimental pastry workshop led by Chef Ethan Kan at ARTICA.
Inspired by the end of polar night an d the ethereal glow of moonlit nights, this workshop invited participants to immerse themselves in a ritualistic culinary experience. Mooncakes, traditionally associated with lunar festivities, paid homage to the celestial and embrace the symbolism of seeds in the snow.Through hands-on guidance, participants worked with grains and seeds to make their own pastry from scratch. Together we explored the concept of rituals as temporal technologies, and imagined alternative ways of modeling and representing time.
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STORIES WRITTEN BY THE SKY
CHAPTER 2: TAIWAN
With the support of National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, chapter 2 of Stories Written by the Sky is currently in production. Chapter Two will Premiere September 6, 2025.