Ett tyst år / A Silent Year is about a year when a new sound library opened up to the narrator. All the city sounds stopped and the sounds that lie under the surface of the usual urban soundscape crept up. This videography project is a six-minute reflection on the idea of how nature in urban spaces affects us as humans; it is the second video in the Audacity trilogy, which suggests that the ways humans shape nature to suit themselves in urban spaces are completely manufactured concepts. The visual style of A Silent Year is inspired partially by Lithuanian filmmaker Jonas Mekas, who often shot on Super 8 and edited his films in a way that reminds the viewer of the genre of transcendentalism. I am also inspired by the look of old home videos from the 90s, shot on old cameras. Finally, I am inspired by video diaries where the subject is very close to the camera to the point that the viewer has difficulty seeing them clearly. 

When we dream, the contours of our memories are rarely sharp. The same sense occurs when something unexpected happens in life; the whole world becomes a blur where it is difficult for us to distinguish between background and forefront of life. A Silent Year is a visual representation of that feeling.