Wandered is a visual interpretation of William Wordsworth’s poem, I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud (1815). A Romantic era poet, Wordsworth along with many of his contemporaries, ‘consider[ed] man and nature as essentially adapted to each other.’ The film considers how, in the future, man has moved past the point of adaptation and has begun to destroy it.
"The tendency to relentlessly focus on the future is not the answer. When considering how to intervene responsibly and ethically, an ongoing and active reckoning with the past is crucial. We can look to the past not to provide a benchmark but to understand the discursive material infrastructure we have inherited: How did we arrive where we are today, to a world of social asymmetries and ecological impoverishment?"
- A Manifesto for Abundant Futures
A Film by Jordan East, Caitlin Fargher, & Liam Riley
Based on 'I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud' By William Wordsworth
Spoken by Eliane Morel
Appearances by Alice Ward and Anouk Berney
Music by The Cinematic Orchestra - Outer Space (feat. Dorian Concept & Tom Chant)
Additional Footage from NASA Discovery Shuttle Launch 2010