Oceans Apart - Short Film (installation)

Made in partnership with Iwalewahaus Museum

Oceans Apart is a multimedia presentation incorporating a two-part projected video and music from the Oceans Apart EP by Ghanaian-Canadian singer-songwriter Kae Sun,  co-directed by Simon Rittmeier. The visual narrative examines notions of belonging and home in a nondescript small town in Germany. The film explores the current social dilemma of displaced persons through the emotional, spiritual, and relational experience rather than the sociopolitical. For gallery presentations, Oceans Apart is presented as a split-screen projection (on two screens or two walls). The screens portray the points of view of both protagonists. The video footage was captured on VHS and cell phone cameras in Germany and the Ivory Coast.