{"id":17,"date":"2017-06-08T16:19:35","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T16:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/s685299318.websitehome.co.uk\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2020-07-14T09:52:54","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T09:52:54","slug":"directors-note","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/driftingnarratives.net\/midnightsun\/directors-note\/","title":{"rendered":"Director&#8217;s notes"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"17\" class=\"elementor elementor-17\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8fe7c89 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"8fe7c89\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;video&quot;,&quot;background_video_link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/driftingnarratives.net\\\/midnightsun\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/loop3.mp4&quot;,&quot;background_play_on_mobile&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-video-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-background-video-hosted elementor-html5-video\" autoplay muted playsinline loop><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-285b5be\" data-id=\"285b5be\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab584ab elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ab584ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"569\" height=\"1551\" src=\"https:\/\/driftingnarratives.net\/midnightsun\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/revslider\/Home_slider\/CALANUS-GLACIALIS.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-42\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/driftingnarratives.net\/midnightsun\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/revslider\/Home_slider\/CALANUS-GLACIALIS.png 569w, https:\/\/driftingnarratives.net\/midnightsun\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/revslider\/Home_slider\/CALANUS-GLACIALIS-110x300.png 110w, https:\/\/driftingnarratives.net\/midnightsun\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/revslider\/Home_slider\/CALANUS-GLACIALIS-376x1024.png 376w, https:\/\/driftingnarratives.net\/midnightsun\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/revslider\/Home_slider\/CALANUS-GLACIALIS-54x146.png 54w, https:\/\/driftingnarratives.net\/midnightsun\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/revslider\/Home_slider\/CALANUS-GLACIALIS-18x50.png 18w, https:\/\/driftingnarratives.net\/midnightsun\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/revslider\/Home_slider\/CALANUS-GLACIALIS-28x75.png 28w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-15d2c56\" data-id=\"15d2c56\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be5d084 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"be5d084\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1.1,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_affectedRange&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:0,&quot;end&quot;:100}},&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>My preocupation with displacement started in 1998 with an accidental encounter in Valencia with a young man who did not define himself as a \u201crefugee\u201d, but had been forcibly displaced from his homeland. Since then, I have explored these drifting narratives, attempting to understand the situations that force individuals to make the overwhelming decision to confront their own condition. This includes those who have been pushed away from their homeland, and those who wish to move but are unable due to physical, economic, social or political reasons.<br \/><br \/><br \/><i style=\"font-size: 16px;\">In the Shadow of the Midnight Sun<\/i> is the second part in the trilogy <a href=\"http:\/\/driftingnarratives.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Drifting Narratives.<\/a> In this new project, my interest has expanded to question how global warming and ecological factors are causing migration and displacement. The Arctic region brings together diverse narratives which intertwine around the problem we all face of a rapidly changing environment.<br \/><br \/><br \/>My methodology is based on a collaborative approach, taking time to understand the context and background of those involved in the story. In this way, <i style=\"font-size: 16px;\">In the Shadow of the Midnight Sun<\/i> requires an understanding of, and respect for, the different groups of people whose lives interweave in the Arctic. I am interested in these contrasting lives that are found in the region of Norbotten\/S\u00e1pmi where multiple voices come together to question their identity and connection to the land that sustains them.<br \/><br \/><br \/>Through narratives of political, environmental and internal displacement, <i style=\"font-size: 16px;\">In the Shadow of the Midnight Sun<\/i> questions and investigates what it means to be human in the 21st century.<br \/>Juan delGado<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e91e267 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"e91e267\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9cc6294\" data-id=\"9cc6294\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-799f23f\" data-id=\"799f23f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43a1dda animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43a1dda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1.1,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_affectedRange&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:0,&quot;end&quot;:100}},&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Juan delGado is a London-based moving image artist with a broad experience developing and presenting work nationally and internationally. His practice incorporates film, photography, and installation, investigating the subversive tactics and strategies of resistance that people develop to deal with displacement, marginalisation, trauma and disability. Since graduating with a Distinction in Media Arts in 2001 from the University of Westminster, he has been commissioned by Visiting Arts Exchange UK-Colombia, British Council, 2009; Grants for the Arts, Arts Council England, 2012; Cultural Olympiad and BBC Big Screens, 2012; Unlimited, 2014; Impact Award by Shape, 2016; <i>Inside Award <\/i>DASH, 2016; Film London, 2017; Paul Hamlyn Commission, 2017. His recent work includes<i> Altered Landscapes<\/i>, 2016; <i>The Flickering Darkness<\/i>, 2014; <i>The Ringing Forest<\/i>, 2014; <i>Sailing Out of Grain<\/i>, 2012;<i> Le Reve de Newton<\/i>, 2011.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4d93d4e elementor-section-height-full elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"4d93d4e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9b69ea7\" data-id=\"9b69ea7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div 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