SHU (Blue Hour Lullaby), 2002/07
A remote high security prison in the desert during the blue hour. The compound prepares for the night, the lights are gradually switched on. Simultaneously to the illuminating on the ground approaching aircraft lights appear in the evening sky, one after the other, slowly accumulating, hovering, floating.
SHU ( SHU – Security Housing Units) was partly inspired by the famous Walt Disney movie logo of Sleeping Beauty Castle.
16mm & high definition video HDV, color, sound, 12’30” (loop)
SHU (Blue Hour Lullaby) is officially selected for the 35th Seattle International Film Festival SIFF (May 21–June 11), as part of the Alternate Cinema program, screening May 22-30, 2009.