"White Mountain" D, ED: Emma Charles, CI: Emile Kelly, GB 2016

Running time: 20'

The film is set in the Pionen data centre, a former Cold War era civil defence bunker buried 30 metres underground in Stockholm, currently housing servers for clients that once included Wikileaks and The PirateBay. Part Bond villain lair, part retro-futuristic spaceship, the 16mm film plays on this science fiction aesthetic. As the camera idles on the florescent-lit server stacks, issues of privacy, surveillance, and digital sovereignty inevitably emanate. 

Authors:

  • Emma Charles

    London-based artist, born in 1985, a graduate of Royal College of Art. Working with photography and moving image, her practice explores the way contemporary value systems of time, productivity, and labour are altered through technological progress. Recently interested in the materiality of the Internet. She has exhibited and screened at many prominent galleries in London, Berlin, and Paris. The recipient of a 2015 and 2017 Arts Council England award.

    Filmography:

    When Objects Dream (2018 - in production)
    White Mountain (2016)
    Fragments on Machines (2013)
    Vents (2012)
    After the Bell (2009)

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