Based on the experiences of a solo sailor. Disappearance at Sea is a 16 mm artwork usually shown as gallery installation. The artist has exceptionally consented to it being shown during this time of Covid 19. – COURTESY THE ARTIST, FRITH STREET GALLERY, LONDON AND MARIAN GOODMAN GALLERY.

British artist Tacita Dean bends and refracts images of the sea in this mesmerizing maritime short. Shot in a lighthouse using an anamorphic lens, the film captures rotating bulbs, the squawks of seagulls, and subtle shifts in weather to create a confounding and chimerical portrait of place.