Geo Barcan
- Surge of Transference
- The Sky has never been so close
- Second_liver
- Unlike Moss
- Always Come Back to the Sea
Surge of Transference
Video installation, 2023
Surge of Transference:
15 mins | 4K & MPEG video, found footage | English with English Subtitles.
Antler antenna:
Mixed media sculpture made out of wood, copper, concrete, sand, bone.
Based on the history of online networks in a small town in Romania, “Surge of transference” re-imagines a future governed by no software or hardware. The film is structured in three parts: the past, the present and the future, shifting through documentary, personal essay and science fiction.
The first part, called “The Past” investigates the infantile age of the internet and the freedom provided by an online space that was not ruled by platforms. Users seemed to have formed offline communities that sprouted from their digital lives. “The present” is enveloped in dizzying electronic music, and stroboscopic lights painted over a washed, dark landscape as seen from a moving car.
The last part, based in a sci-fi future, things seem to have taken a radical turn caused by a mysterious wave that submerged the world. The inhabitants of the town live in an underwater flourishing ecosystem and communicate through a water-based network that has no materiality. Their new communication system needs no platform or electricity, being rather similar to telepathy.
Surge of Transference:
15 mins | 4K & MPEG video, found footage | English with English Subtitles.
Antler antenna:
Mixed media sculpture made out of wood, copper, concrete, sand, bone.
Video credits
Camera:
Geo Barcan,
Ollie Paterson
Editing:
Geo Barcan
Voice over:
Geo Barcan
Produced by:
Salwa Foundation
Executive producer:
Ioana Pop
Music by:
Noise Diva,
Marcel Heckerman,
Tisa World, Marsh,
General Magic & Pita
Text editorial supervision:
Ollie Paterson
Writing support:
Georgiana Cojocaru
Found Footage:
Internet Archive,
Tutorial Video,
personal archive.