“Somebody has told me it’s summer solstice”
“Yes, I’m investigating whether the sun is really standing still”
“Continue…”
“I need you to stand still for just one minute. Film the landscape to frame the sun’s position in the sky against the horizon. The card you pick will reveal the hour you are entrusted to observe.”
“How?”
“With a digital camera. Prompt action is called for, you have until midnight to upload your film. I will have 3 hours from UK midnight/ 9 pm BR to edit the films into a sequence to be projected on Monday 21st at 17:17 here in Rio”
Standstill (2010)
Filmed performance between Rio and London, created with audiences of Stoke Newington International Airport Distance festival DISTANCE. Produced in collaboration with Maiza Almeida, Moana Mayall, Sirkuu Maenpaa, Tee Cardarci in Rio de Janeiro. Laura Bradshaw, Rachel Jacobs, Willian Villalobos Fernandez, Catherine McKenna, Lucy Moore, George and Elisabeth Morris, Ink & Ale, Wason Murray, Greg McLaren and Simone Kenyon in London. With thanks to Lottie Leedham, Neil Callaghan.
Silvia Leal 
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