Amy Purcell
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Diagonal Moon
25 minute HD Video
Real Time Documentation of the movement of the moon from one corner of the screen to the diagonally opposing corner.  Captured in Siglurfjodur Iceland, November 2012

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Eternal Sunrise
30 minute HD video / loop
This video was constructed out of 15 minutes of video of the moment just before sunrise on December 25, 2012 in Banff, Alberta Canada.  The video reverses in the middle and should be projected as an endless loop, suspending the moment of the beginning eternally.
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The Wind
This 20 minute HD video captured during a severe wind storm in northern Iceland, 75 - 120 mph winds, focuses on a chimney and rooftop which melts and moves with the forces of wind and snow.  The camera struggles to find focus and keep pace with the wind which is illuminated by the emergency lights and crew attending to the roof that blew off the home next door.
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Dettifoss
10 minutes HD video
The most powerful waterfall in the world!  This video needs to be projected large so that the physical kinesthetic experience of the force and place is conveyed.  As the water falls it pulls the viewer with it.
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Glacier Melt
5 minute HD video loop
A single glacierette near Jokulsalon in Iceland is beached on the shore and slowly melts and bobs in the waves.   It fate is obvious but the looping video holds it in a perpetual state of peril and presence.  The rate of melt of Iceland's glaciers is alarming, just one piece represents the state of all.