Marcin Liminowicz

In Landscape Mode
2 channel hd video, sound '7:17, in loop

Do we influence the observed object when taking a photo? Raw video registration displays a view on short cruise to the ice-covered northern part of Bay of Bothnia. The natural phenomena of freezing sea can be perceived as meaningful and unique for the global warming era. Thick layer of ice cracks under heavy body of the ship as sun slowly rises. What we see directly is an icebreaker trip - a Finnish tourist attraction available through winter. Taking on a role of participant, author looks at the active-passive relation between other tourists and surrounding they are immersed into. Steady, endless space stays in contradiction to the constantly moving boat which finally moors in “the middle” of the sea. At this point we can notice change in participants position. From tourists experiencing landscape through smartphone lenses they transform into „innocent” invaders of an uncharted, empty land.