White Ribbons

Small rivulets of a milk white fluid flow from on high before gradually branching out and spreading a meandering path down into the valley. The branches proliferate as the flow spreads across craggy alpine boulders and meadow pastures, eventually reaching a residential neighborhood. At first, the branching flow has a poetically meditative effect, enhanced by sounds of streaming waters. But a threateningly sinister feeling increasingly takes hold as the film proceeds.

White Ribbons is a video work that was created during an artist residency at Telfs-Buchen/Tyrol in 2024. The title refers to the artificial bands of snow increasingly proliferating the...