Breaking Ground was filmed in Arizona September 1999 to June 2000. 3 min. loop, video installation, 3 DVD's projected on 3 x 5 meter screens and Dolby surround sound. The screens are angled 45 degrees and the audience is very close to the screens.

We live for a while out here in the Arizona desert, far away from civilization among coyotes and rattlesnakes. Here we are taking in the sky - for us, a totally new element, and we are learning to navigate through a world of changing dimensions and perspectives. We are like birds hatching, and we are in a state of curious confusion when ground rush meet us; a blurred warning as this world goes buzzing by, straight down and right in front of us...fear! The speed of flight contrasts dangerously with the lazy, dry rhythm of the desert. Here, between colorful sunrises and sunsets, we dream about soaring with the eagles. Easy and effortless flight...Yep! That old utopian dream!

Simone Aaberg Kaern, 2000.