The Voice Adrift (Voz a la deriva)

Collaboration with Jonathan Harker

2017

HD video with sound.

“We’re each of us alone, to be sure. What can you do but hold your hand out in the dark?” -Ursula K. Le Guin

An imperceptible message is spoken into an empty plastic water bottle and set adrift on the currents of runoff that form during a tropical downpour. Swept away by the waters of chance and circumstance, the bottled message wanders and careens its way through a fleeting urban aquascape towards an unknown ear. Informed by the circular and episodic structure of Homer’s Odyssey, The Voice Adrift is a tale of alienation and communion, hope and despair, and the frailty and resilience of human existence in the face of political, social and environmental crisis.

Camera: Raphael Salazar | Donna Conlon; Sound design: José Rommel Tuñón; Edit: Jonathan Harker | Donna Conlon; Image correction: Frank Zamora | Jonathan Harker