Landscape in Pain #164615072023

This film is a very short version of a film made in summer 2023. I made it after the wind turbines started to be installed on the Viking Energy Wind Farm in Shetland. While making this film I was thinking of the idea that the Viking Energy Wind Farm is the 21st century clearances as it will result in the depopulation of the area, eventually leaving no homes. 75% of the wind turbines are within the 2km recommended minimum distance from homes. It is even more disturbing when you consider that many homes, in fact the majority, within this 2 km zone are within 2km of multiple turbines. It was included in the exhibition New Genre Arctic Art during the Arctic Congress in Bodø, Norway in May, 2024.