“The wind of the world” is a collaborative art project of The Mutual Society of Art that aims to show a holistic view of the world through the aesthetic interpretation of the meteorological phenomenon: the wind. The project has involved people from all over the world who have participated as collaborators, recording 59-second videos of different parts of the planet with the wind as the protagonist. The camera had to be still to be able to observe the effect of the wind. A minute of contemplation in our hectic world.
The project started in late February 2015 and grew to nearly two hundred videos from all five continents, from places like Japan, Panama, South Africa, or Antarctica, among videos from more than thirty countries. From them, we selected 143 that made up both the Vimeo playlist and the movie “The wind of the world” in its final version of 2018, the version that was selected in the international call “At a distance # 3” that was exhibited at Wedge Projects in Chicago in May 2019.
The reference of dynamic systems is interesting to us because of its lack of predictability, but also for its interdependent nature, for the intimate connection between the different variables of the system. Thus, the suggestive idea prevails that it is the same air current that, on your journey through the world, and if you are attentive enough and observe, is captured. 59 seconds of wind implies stopping exceptionally in the daily flow, displacing the perception from its daily environment to the aesthetic one through the vision of a phenomenon in conditions of observation that force us to stop our thinking and, by looking at the small details, merge with the flow caused by the wind,the branch that moves, the waving flag …
The videos can be watched as a playlist at:
And as a film at:
RECREATION OF THE LOCATIONS
LIST OF LOCATIONS
Leeds, Great Britain. 53,796473, -1,535346. 10/08/2012
Annandale On Hudson, USA. 42,029261, -73,907851. 01/20/2015
València, Spain. 39,46419, -0,374224. 02/10/2015
Altea, Spain. 38,599746, -0,056853. 02/17/2015
Grand Rapids, USA. 42,877691, -85,595517. 03/03/2015
Hannover, Germany. 52,375892, 9,73201. 03/05/2015
Ciudad de México DF, Mexico. 19,303018, -99,139839. 03/02/2015
Brisbane, Australia. -27,468192, 152,97038. 03/07/2015
South Point, Big Island, Hawaii, USA. 18,9209781, -155,675103. 03/08/2015
Columbia River, Astoria, USA. 46,11513, -123,887056. 03/09/2015
Bilbao, Spain. 43,267624, -2,930255. 03/09/2015
Fort Stevens South Jetty, Warrenton, Oregon, USA. 46,179686, -123,949658. 03/10/2015
Panamá City, Panama. 8,999951, -79,566902. 03/12/2015
Seoul, South Korea. 37,498093, 127,026085. 03/14/2015
Moissy Cramayel, France. 48,6204024, 2,5887046. 03/17/2015
Southampton, Great Britain. 50,919203, -1,389421. 03/18/2015
Santa Pola, Spain. 38,208345, -0,513457. 03/19/2015
Sarov, Rusia. 54,93333, 43,316667. 03/22/2015
Ottawa, Canada. 45,425533, -75,692482. 03/26/2015
Portsmouth, Great Britain. 50,778121, -1,087533. 03/29/2015
Petra, Jordan. 30,325125, 35,442758. 03/30/2015
Torralba del Pinar, Spain. 39,981418, -0,450757. 04/04/2015
Alcalá de los Gazules, Spain. 36,463263, -5,721342, 04/05/2015
Altea, Spain. 38.62881, 0.000. 04/07/2015
Tredòs, Spain. 42.699722, 0,927133. 04/10/2015
Jeréz, Spain. 36,6890553, -6,1504836. 04/12/2015
Totnes, Great Britain. 50,440696, -3,742282. 04/20/2015
Plymouth, Great Britain. 50,363974, -4,142669. 04/21/2015
Bristol, Great Britain. 51,443413, -2,625751. 04/22/2015
Stuttgart, Germany. 48,7739, 9,165245. 04/23/2015
Polop, Spain. 38,596305, -0,14408. 04/27/2015
Vinaroz, Spain. 40,45553, 0,462977. 04/27/2015
Braga, Portugal. 41,555629, -8,375072. 04/27/2015
Pollença, Spain. 39,87787, 3,01626. 05/13/2015
Premeno, Italy. 45,975723, 8,584288. 08/08/2015
Vienna, Austria. 48,20495, 16,19718. 08/12/2015
Amsterdam, Netherlands. 52,373057, 4,893127. 08/18//2015
Delft, Netherlands. 52,004672, 4,360649. 08/20/2015
The Hague, Netherlands. 52,080371, 4,314145. 08/21/2015
Belfast, United Kingdom. 54,870077,-5,814274. 10/08/2015
Denia, Spain. 38,86223, 0,028607. 10/13/2015
Melbourne, Australia. -37,821502, 144,964546. 10/14/2015
Teruel, Spain. 40,345568, -1,101169. 10/14/2015
San Francisco, USA. 37,793092, -122,483402. 10/19/2015
Dundee, Great Britain. 56,456116, -2,980733. 10/23/2015
Pamukkale, Turkey. 37,923659, 29,124645. 10/23/2015
Ann Arbor, USA. 42,2815, -83,7483. 11/03/2015
Nyksund, Norway. 68,995265, 15,010913. 11/07/2015
Boulder, USA. 40,01464, -105,180565. 11/08/2015
Los Tres Arroyos, Argentina. -38.360814, -60,275152. 11/09/2015
La Fortuna, Costa Rica. 10,491107, -84,721953. 11/10/2015
Batam, Indonesia. 1,184712, 104,07383. 11/10/2015
Cardiff, Great Britain. 51,48189, -3,131917. 11/11/2015
London, Great Britain. 51,487919, -0,189472. 11/14/2015
Warluis, France. 49,386074, 2,143205. 11/15/2015
Claromecó, Argentina. -38,85967, -60,073751. 11/16/2015
Bratislava, Slovakia. 48,1419561, 17,1053143. 11/17/2015
Budapest, Hungary. 47,5266921, 19,0481994. 11/19/2015
Houston, USA. 29,761821, -95,396387. 11/19/2015
Tōjinbō, Japan. 36,237743, 136,126246. 11/20/2015
Vienna, Austria. 48,195137, 16,4337124. 11/20/2015
Cape Town, South Africa. -33,849318, 18,420639. 12/01/2015
Muri Lagoon, Cook Islands. -21,2440305, -159,7268638. 12/02/2015
A Coruña, Spain. 43,33825, -8,387583. 12/09/2015
Gansbaai, South Africa. -34,614722, 19,355043. 12/12/2015
Sevilla, Spain. 37.323576, -6,034332. 12/15/2015
Córdoba, Argentina. -31,3564361, -64,2126361. 12/16/2015
Mianyang, China. 31,493761, 104,775842. 12/23/2015
Arousse, Morocco. 31,508572, -6,44331. 12/27/2015
Mérida, Mexico. 20,969277, -89,62925. 01/05/2016
Wiesbaden, Germany. 50,078003, 8,239845. 01/11/2016
Copenhagen, Denmark. 55,676796, 12,574336. 01/11/2016
Doetinchem, Netherlands. 51,951297, 6,282546. 01/11/2016
Livingston Island, Antarctida. -62,649545, -60,592257. 01/14/2016
Beijing, China. 39,940803, 116,397581. 01/19/2016
Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia. 26,336289, 50,185142. 02/02/2016
Siem Riep, Cambodia. 13,411339, 103,859569. 02/04/2016
Bilbao, Spain. 43,267667, -2,961143. 02/05/2016
València, Spain. 39,457163, -0,346398. 02/07/2016
Khao Sok, Thailand. 8,911512, 98,524934. 02/08/2016
Railay, Thailand. 8,010243, 98,84128. 02/11/2016
Cobá, Mexico. 20,489291, -87,73544. 02/16/2016
Tulum, Mexico. 20,200015, -87,433557. 02/16/2016
Yucatán, Mexico. 21,288573, -89,658109. 02/22/2016
Bangkok, Thailand. 13,778681, 100,460451. 02/27/2016
Mantua, Cuba. 21,797109, -85,390952. 02/27/2016
Machalilla, Ecuador. -1,54108, -80,697678. 02/27/2016
Portoviejo, Ecuador. -1,026182, -80,468811. 02/27/2016
Lyon, France. 45,732717, 4,820349. 02/27/2016
Meurveille, France. 48,20334, 4,625161. 02/27/2016
Kendall, USA. 25,656943, -80,383617. 02/27/2016
Maiquetía, Venezuela. 10,598064, -66,962665. 02/27/2016
El Nido, Philippines. 11,165344, 119,397054. 03/01/2016
Mamer, Luxembourg. 49,626583, 6,035719. 03/02/2016
Berlin, Germany. 52,521169, 13,410968. 03/30/2016
Santa Maria, Cape Verde. 16,597513, -22,908707. 03/31/2016
Shanghai, China. 31,201473, 121,416628. 04/06/2016
Quingdao, China. 35,955889, 120,237053. 02/06/2016
Chengdu, China. 30,572167, 104,069175. 02/06/2016
Tianjin, China. 39,131207, 117,203203. 02/06/2016
Wuhan, China. 30,582005, 114,290531. 02/06/2016
ZhanQiao, China. 36,058504, 120,320401. 02/06/2016
Salento, Colombia. 4,637783, -75,487325. 08/02/2016
Sidi Harazem, Morocco. 34,028644, -4,884477. 08/04/2016
Arjoune, Morocco. 33,84307, -6,04622. 08/08/2016
Tallin, Estonia. 59,440583, 24,747907. 08/28/2016
Sapzurro, Colombia. 8,651683, -77,348538. 08/17/2016
La Miel, Panamá. 8,665882, -77,369438. 08/17/2016
Kamikochi, Japan. 36,251926, 137,664795. 08/20/2016
Manila, Phillipines. 14,600498, 120,984503. 08/20/2016
Algeciras, Spain. 36,13358, -5,434834. 08/21/2016
Strait of Gibraltar, Spain. 36,000371, -5,427968. 08/16/2016
Tavizna, Spain. 36,724438, -5,484641. 08/24/2016
Helisnki, Finland. 60,171976, 24,934762. 08/25/2016
Suomenlinna, Finland. 60,140959, 24,98518. 08/27/2016
Kibuye, Rwanda. -2,059359, 29,337197. 08/27/2016
Frankfurt, Germany. 50,043935, 8,563307. 08/30/2016
Koh Tao, Thailand. 9.667515, 100.072016. 09/15/2016
New York, USA. 40,758584, -73,979205. 09/16/2016
Barcelona, Spain. 41.379326, 2.179918. 09/21/2016
Al-‘Al, Jordan. 31,794445, 35,76392. 09/26/2016
Vila Real, Portugal. 41,377694, -7,863794. 10/13/2016
Greenland. 73,666761, -36,603169. 10/20/2016
Baffin Bay, Greenland. 76,118951, -60,860383. 10/20/2016
Umingmaktok, Canada. 68,017347, -107,103982. 10/20/2016
Peace River, Canada. 57,902364, -118,213662. 10/20/2016
Vancouver, Canada. 49,308758, -123,154705. 10/22/2016
Golstream, Canada. 48,479514, -123,547373. 10/28/2016
Point Wilson, USA. 48,142055, -122,74465. 10/29/2016
Victoria, Canada. 48,4141889, -123,3219777. 10/30/2016
Seattle, USA. 47,60752, -122,339574. 10/31/2016
Buenos Aires, Argentina. -34,594036, -58,393598. 11/11/2016
Montevideo, Uruguay. -34,906602, -56,199474. 11/07/2016
Oxford, Great Britain. 51,728402, -1,239818. 03/29/2017
Copenhaguen, Denmark. 55,681336, 12,575834. 04/17/2017
Prague, Czech Republic. 50,086549, 14,411108. 08/12/2017
Mississauga, Canada. 43,548948, -79.663.482. 09/22/2017
Toronto, Canada. 43,648857, -79,368156. 09/23/2017
Regina, Canada. 50,447112, -104,608016. 09/26/2017
Cracow, Poland. 50,053028, 19,933995. 04/09/2018
Umea, Sweden. 63,820239, 20,276152. 04/26/2018
Edinburgh, Great Britain. 55,952703, -3,212997. 08/17/2018
Montreal, Canada. 45,50319, -73,576886. 09/25/2018
Halifax, Canada. 44,643689, -63,572577. 09/29/2018