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An interactive 360º from a small, low-lying Solomon Islands seaweed-farming community. Beginning with a view of the village children forming an “SOS” for their fast-eroding island, users can move around 360º VR in a stunning aerial panorama, clicking on hotspots to find documentary stories about Beniamina and Pacific Ocean sea level rise, climate adaptation, resilience, sustainable (carbon negative) agriculture, and so forth.
During Covid-19 I found myself marooned for 3 months on a small, rocky, windswept island in the Norwegian North Sea called Utsira. Locals let me quarantine in the isolated lighthouse keeper’s quarters which seemed an archaically apt safe harbour to ride out the coronavirus storm. I was asked to do a “lockdown residency” and provide a video art piece each day.
We asked filmmakers to submit ONE VERTICAL SHOT encapsulating their lived experiences or hopes for the future on a single (extra)ordinary day in human history during the coronavirus pandemic: May Day, 1 May 2020. These shots were edited into a single Creative Commons vertical short film: Onwards, Upwards.
Adam is co-founder/director of the Vertical Film Festival in Katoomba in Australia's Blue Mountains. Along with his sister Natasha, he created the Festival, the world's first competition for vertical video, as a platform for exploring cinematic undercurrents that make us think about how we frame the world.
More details and a short essay on the format may be found at the Festival's website: http://vertical.video
Adam made this 4-minute video for Sydney Opera House's Greening the House program in late 2014. It shows how Jørn Utzon’s architectural design principles established a path towards sustainability for the House.
Five short vignettes made for the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (RFDS), South Eastern Section, featuring people whose lives have been changed by the Service assisting them in their hour of need.
In this online documentary, you can navigate your way through the web of streets that form the Old City of Jerusalem (Al Quds). The interface give you an impression of moving through it. Sometimes, you will find doorways that you can enter, doorways that take you into the hidden layers of Jerusalem.
