A research
team led by Eske Willerslev sequenced the genome of a 4,000-year-old man from
the Saqqaq culture of Greenland from his hair. This was the first ancient human
genome to be sequenced ever. With a story from Knud Rasmussens expeditions to
Greenland, “New People”, as the striking of the theme, the film gives a
possible answer for why the man moved
and a reflection on human migration, humans force of imagination and what lead
us to move. Imaginations creates realities!
The film
was created for a scenography that was created for the purpose, and which was
set up at the National Museum in Copenhagen and for a screening at the Viborg
Animation festival. The scenography was created in such a way that the film
could both be video-mapped onto the scenography in
exhibition contexts and could function as a regular film screening.
The film
was nominated in the animation-program at Odense Film Festival 2020.
Video-mapping screenings 2019
Venues: National Museum of Denmark,
Viborg Animation Festival and Nuuk Nordisk Kultur Festival.
First screening
of New People took place at The National Museum of Denmark followed by a
dialog-session between Tor Nørretranders and Eske Willerslev. 21th of September
2019. Target group: Public.
Second
screening took place at the Sci-Vi Conference during Viborg Animation Festival.
27th of September 2019. Taget group: Researchers and visual storytellers.
Third
screening took place during Nuuk Nordisk Kultur Festival 8th of October 2019,
Nuuk. Dialog-session: Film director Steen Rasmussen, Sia Søndergaard and children
of the future. Target group: Public, children and young people.
CREDITS
Researcher:
Eske Willerslev, Professor- and director at Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural
History Museum/University of Copenhagen
Visual
Artist: Cosimo Miorelli
Producer:
Sia Søndergaard
Directors
and manus: Steen Rasmussen and Sia Søndergaard
Sound:
Thomas Richard/Audiogangsters
Voice Over:
Ian Burns (UK version), Steen Rasmussen (DK version), Klaus Geisler
(Greenlandic version)
Song Voice:
Ellen Holck
Pre-Production:
Storm Søndergaard
Cameraman:
Aleksander Hørup
Artdirection
for scenography and videomapping: Lasse Andersen/Darkmatters
Host at
venues: Tor Nørretranders, Science writer
Supported by
The Animation Workshop/VIA UC, Viborg
Municipality and Ministry of Higher Education and Science