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The Urban Landscape - screening series

Oil

The Program:
Oil - A symphony in Motion (Artkino, 1933, 8m)
Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives of the Tar Sands (Mettler, 2009, 42m)
Deep Weather (Ursula Biemann, 2013, 10m)

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Petropolis - aerial smokestack Canada's tar sands are an oil reserve the size of England. Extracting the crude oil called bitumen from underneath unspoiled wilderness requires a massive industrialized effort with far-reaching impacts on the land, air, water, and climate. Air emissions from the tar sands include 300 tonnes of sulphur a day. This photo was taken during the production of "Petropolis", a documentary film about the tar sands, directed by Peter Mettler and produced by Greenpeace Canada. For more information about this project, please go to: www.petropolis-film.com.
Tar Sands aerial
Deep Weather