In the light of recent events, the keyboard tankies have woken from the dead, to defend Assad as some kind of saint - that never gassed his own people.
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In the light of recent events, the keyboard tankies have woken from the dead, to defend Assad as some kind of saint - that never gassed his own people.
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9/ People are already imagining a world they fear is on the horizon.
Is it fiction if it reflects an emotional reality we’re already living with?
#climatebreakdown #climatecollapse
8/ The participants of this project were not actors.
In those moments of reflection, they shared their fears, their anger, their heartbreak for a future that feels inevitable. What was meant to be an exercise in storytelling revealed something much deeper.
7/ Blurring the lines of reality, Strike 2035 might seem like fiction, but here’s is an actual truth: when we asked people to imagine this scenario, their emotional reactions were raw and real.
6/ So what lies ahead when the planet has reached this point?
A general #strike. But this isn’t the kind of strike you imagine. There’s no workforce, no picket lines. There’s nothing left to work for because the conditions of the planet have made labour impossible.
5/ In our story the next lockdown wasn’t due to a virus, but to a world too overheated to function.
4/ Lockdowns are no longer just a memory of the pandemic; they’ve become a way to reflect on the fragility of the systems we depend on.
3/ The idea was simple: in a world brought to a halt by #environmental #collapse, what would people feel? What would they say?
2/ It’s the kind of void where your deepest thoughts emerge, the black mirror of your soul. Within this imagined lockdown of the future, we invited people to sit, reflect, and speak.
1/ A Portal to the Future.
We started small: just a darkened living room, transformed with two lights into a space meant to mimic the depths of your own mind.
Strike 2035.
On a warming planet, a series of thoughts leads to a general strike in England in 2035.
This project began as one of our early film experiments under the Shadowgraph banner. We turned it into a podcast:
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Here's how the project started 🧵 👇
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3/ A #camera is a means for spreading information.
You cannot argue against a raw, unfiltered look at reality.
2/ A camera is a passport into the unknown, taking you into a world of aesthetics and feelings.
It adds layers to the things you read about.
1/ Camera is a tool for #politics and growth.
This scene is from #Athens in 2012 at the height of the struggle against Austerity measures.
Clip by Ross Domoney.
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6/ A camera can rapidly expand our minds, but it’s also a great reminder that we know nothing.
5/ But the truth is quite the opposite.
The deeper the camera takes us, the more questions it leaves behind. Each new reality reveals a complexity that challenges our understanding.
4/ We often begin believing that these experiences will cure our curiosity.
By capturing new realities, we imagine the journey will calm our restless minds and deliver the answers about an equally restless world.
3/ In the early years of using a camera, there’s a thrilling sense of possibility. It offers us access to fresh journeys, unfamiliar perspectives, and seemingly infinite realities.
2/ Each discovery leads to even greater uncertainty.
In this photo (pic by bsky.app/profile/ross...) a man sits under the photo of a martyred fighter in #Syria.
In #Rojava, women led the fight against ISIS. In the eyes of the jihadist group, to be killed by a woman meant going straight to hell.
1/ A Camera is a Gateway to Unseen Worlds.
The rapid street, catching a glance of a face un-glued to a phone, what a joy.
Do you find the chaos of modern life overwhelming? Why not look someone in the eye and say hello, the world has not ended.
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Picture by Ross Domoney
Bravo! Here is Charles, addressing the nation about the cost of living crisis from a golden chair 😳 www.jezebel.com/prince-charl...
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9/ I want to help you nurture your own storytelling forest, a space where you can grow your unique voice. With care, this forest can offer you an infinite pool of connection and meaning in a world that often feels unconnected. Sign up to hear more: www.shadowgraph.co
8/ At its best, storytelling is an existential act. It asks us to confront who we are, where we’ve been, and what kind of world we want to create. As the Shadowgraph project grows, I want to share the lessons this journey has taught me: lessons about connection and resilience.
7/ Filmmaking, in particular, is my (bsky.app/profile/ross...) to other worlds. It crosses social and political divides to bring me face-to-face with stories that challenge and expand me.
