Daniel de Viciola, Director, Sydney

Description

This montage presents a series of visually striking scenes implying both progress and challenges. Abstract visuals open to a child looking at an aquarium, followed by children playing outdoors in bright sunlight. A graduation ceremony transitions to masses of fish caught in a net, then an assembly line for car manufacturing. Plastic debris floats in water, and a glacier collapses, suggesting environmental concerns. Scenes of burning forests and protestors holding signs are interspersed with an image of a woman looking at a digital device, alongside a view of skyscrapers. People walk through an office building, and close-up of a syringe, ending with a crowd of people entering a subway station. The sequence is fast-paced, leaving the viewer with a sense of urgency and a broad scope of societal themes.