This is How we Walk on the Moon was made in collaboration with the Collective Gallery in Edinburgh, Scotland. Intrigued by the fact that the population in this town is somewhat detached from the ocean despite its geographical location, Billing invited a group of local musicians to go sailing for the first time. As they set sail into the unknown, a string version of Arthur Russell’s song This is How we Walk on the Moon begins to underscore the film while throughout the adventure hand written notes poetically punctuate the journey’s developments. The group starts out weary, cautious, and uncertain about what to do as they rely upon the leadership and guidance of the ship’s captain. They soon start to move about the ship as if in a dance, understanding and taking ownership of their individual roles. Sailing through treacherous weather conditions at times, the film ends with the crew returning back to the dock more comfortable and connected to the landscape that surrounds them.
Cinematography by Manne Lindwall & Johanna Billing
Sound by Pia Patté
Featuring: Johnny Lynch, Emily Roff, Joe Collier, Jenny Gordon and Guthrie Stewart
Musical Soundtrack arranged by Johanna Billing and performed by Johnny Lynch, vocals, Karl-Jonas Winqvist, vocals, Sara Wilson, vocals, Andreas Söderström, guitar and melodica, Christian Hörgren, cello, Henry Moore Selder, guitar and bass, Tuomas Hakava, guitar and organ, recorded by Tuomas Hakava in Up and Running Studio 2007, except for the opening song ³The Western², written and performed by Woo (Independent Project Records 1989) Original version of ³This Is How We Walk On The Moon² written by Arthur Russell (Point Music/Orange Mountain Music, 1984) Soundtrack mixed and mastered by Joachim Ekermann, Make Wave
Title cards design by Åbäke
Recorded on the Firth of Forth and at Port Edgar Marina, South Queensferry, Edinburgh
Co-Produced by the Collective Gallery¹s One Mile programme, lead artist Kate Gray, Co-ordinators Kate Stancliffe and Siobhan Carroll, Production assistant Jill Brown, with support from the Scottish Arts Council Lottery Fund and The Paul Hamlyn Foundation and by Documenta 12 with support from IASPIS, International Artist Studio Program in Sweden.
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