Thomas Nordanstad
Two Films
Including the films 'Hashima, Japan 2002' (installation and documentary versions) and 'Al Qasr, Bahriyah Oasis, Egypt 2005'. Plus 'filmmakers in conversation'. 'Straddling the line between documentary and audio-visual meditations on landscape, the Hausswolff-Nordanstad filmic partnership taps both the detritus of human civilization and its uncanny ability to withstand the forces of nature. In 'Hashima, Japan 2002' we are given a portrait of the Battleship Island off the coast of Nagasaki, a form…