Three channel, 2018 13:05 min) 9×2 meter video & sound & sound to light installation
In Battlefields, Ran Slavin traces the aesthetics of drone-surveillance imagery, using it to depict geological scars and remnants of war across five military sites in Israel — both active and abandoned — including live-fire zones, shooting ranges, and urban warfare training facilities. Slavin draws a parallel between the political scars inscribed upon the landscape and the human body, particularly the female body.
Concept, direction, editing: Ran Slavin / Drone operator: Ariel Zukerman / Second camera: Ran Slavin / Dolly cam operator: Maayan Blech / Location manager: Oren Yad Shalom / Light programming: Amir Bolzman, Gideon Levi / Body model: Imre Van Opstal / Music: Avishai Cohen / Thanks to Dr. Yiannis Toumazis, NIMAC, Nicosia, Cyprus, and to Hasselblad Foundation, Gothenburg, Sweden
The Drone Vision: Warfare, Surveillance and Protest project is a collaborative initiative between Valand Academy, Gothenburg University and the Hasselblad Centre.
Led by Dr. Sarah Tuck
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