CINEMATIC
LANDSCAPE
EXCHANGE
Title: The Return of Icarus
Name: Yuchen Wu
Voiceover: Yuchen Wu
Sound: Various
After the sale of the Royal Air Force Eastchurch airfield to the Home Office in 1958, the Isle of Sheppey lost its intimate connection with the sky. To restore this interplay between the celestial and terrestrial realms, serving as a mediator between the two. I propose a spectacle - an annual flight enacted on the 1st of May at sunset, complemented by its visible imprints in the sky and a synchronised red glowing shadow on the ground.
On this sinking island. What was in the sky fell and what floated in the sea rose. Here, the Earth’s magnetic poles are completely reversed, and the constellations of the heavens gracefully map themselves upon the terrain. The remnants of Icarus are assimilated by the island, transforming into a constellation intertwined with the fading history of aviation and the affectionate nests of birds.
As the third return of Icarus draws near. On the island, amid the stars, and under the crimson-hued sunset. I follow a red laser and return to the heavenly land.
Name: Yuchen Wu
Voiceover: Yuchen Wu
Sound: Various
After the sale of the Royal Air Force Eastchurch airfield to the Home Office in 1958, the Isle of Sheppey lost its intimate connection with the sky. To restore this interplay between the celestial and terrestrial realms, serving as a mediator between the two. I propose a spectacle - an annual flight enacted on the 1st of May at sunset, complemented by its visible imprints in the sky and a synchronised red glowing shadow on the ground.
On this sinking island. What was in the sky fell and what floated in the sea rose. Here, the Earth’s magnetic poles are completely reversed, and the constellations of the heavens gracefully map themselves upon the terrain. The remnants of Icarus are assimilated by the island, transforming into a constellation intertwined with the fading history of aviation and the affectionate nests of birds.
As the third return of Icarus draws near. On the island, amid the stars, and under the crimson-hued sunset. I follow a red laser and return to the heavenly land.
