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I see things that were, going quiet behind my eyes
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/ I see things that were, going quiet behind my eyes explores the historical background of the physical transition of Rødby Fjord on the basis of the site visit at Kramnitze Havn. It works as an introduction manifesting both time, space and bodily presence. You find stills from the filmic notation in the booklet 1 : / I see things that were, going quiet behind my eyes
It sets of a quiet night near Kramnitze, establishing a sense of calm before the storm. A simmering tension builds up as waves slowly sweep away the historical outline of Rødby Fjord and the fluidity of the meeting between the sea and the sand becomes visible.
Two minutes into the filmic notation the spectator is invited into the intimate quiet below water referring to the flooding of Lolland during the storm surge in 1872. Through a filter of shimmering water, the reclamation process is illustrated as segments of the inlet transitions into farmland, wetland, and sandy surfaces. Finally, we find ourselves back at shore, in a present time with a present eye.
This filmic notation uses material from my Kramnitze site visit layered with historical maps to explore the ability to portray the past with footage from the present and modern landscapes of Rødby Fjord. A space of intimacy and intensity is created with the use of extreme zooms putting the spectator at eyelevel with the waves washing onto shore. The shift of focus from above water to below water facilitates an experience of the water as a space expressing the duality of Rødby Fjord. A sense of the inherent layers of the past landscapes is established in this first filmic notation.
Kramnitze Lang island
Skarholm
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Skarresø wetlands
Dune beach
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The dike
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