There Will Be Some Who Will Not Fear Even That Void is an ecological film for the 21st century: part expedition documentary, part personal exploration of mankind's relationship with nature.
Shot over two weeks on a tall ship as it sails around Norway's Arctic Svalbard Archipelago, this experimental documentary chronicles the bizarre, surreal, beautiful and frightening work of 20 artists aboard the ship. Using real documentary footage, the film re-imagines the artists as experts sent - in the near future - to recreate the disappearing Arctic environment. But with no masterplan, maps or blueprints, each artist recreates the Arctic of their own memories, fears, desires and (flawed) expectations.
Made as Director Saeed Taji Farouky's love-letter to the Arctic, and incorporating the stories of the 19 other artists on board the ship, There Will Be Some Who Will Not Fear Even That Void is a documentary that re-defines the expedition genre for our century.
The film's title is derived from a line Johannes Kepler wrote to Galileo Galilei in 1610, musing on the future of space travel. "Provide ship or sails adapted to the heavenly breezes," Kepler hypothesised, "and there will be some who will not fear even that void."
The film has been shot and we are currently in post-production.
