Force Majeure

Exhibition at Galerie Clark, Sept 2 - Oct 9, 2010

A body is suspended in mid air. Either the person is falling, along with the camera operator, or the wind is holding them up. It is an incredible amount of air. Their skin ripples frantically, their clothes look like they will disintegrate. I am interested in understanding how people maintain a sense of self while suspended in the air. Does a viewer empathize or reject someone who is about to lose control and is struggling to regain it?

Production still from taping of Force Majeure at the Aerodium - Photo Karen Trask / Paul Litherland
Paul Litherland