The Vanishing Horizon

As a woman
speeds through
the air to settle her grandmothers estate her partner is
delicately threading
together stories of early female aviators for a radio
documentary he is
producing. These two worlds begin to bleed together in this
delicate and
touching piece by Oxford based Idle Motion.

The endlessly
inventive cast
use luggage to represent everything from a hotel room to a bi
plane and use
torches to guide our eyes to the tiniest moments in their
wonderfully detailed
world. This is an ensemble piece but I found the short bursts of
speech from
Grace Chapman and Sophie Cullen’s female aviators
particularly touching as
they try to explain why they want to head into the sky in a time
when mankind is largely grounded.

This piece
humbly gives
thanks to the pioneering women who pushed the boundaries of
aviation by flying
higher and further than anyone thought possible. The company
compares the
bravery of these early pilots with that of anyone who leaves
home to fly across
the world and into the unknown. It is a risk, but if we stay on
the ground we
will never experience the beauty of the skies that wait for us.

This is a
wonderfully
delicate piece of work by a young company you should definitely
keep on
your radar.