Holy Liquid: Žarošice oil well, Czech Republic

<p>The oil field is on the verge of being depleted. Beneath the surface, there are only remnants of a substance that has made modern mobility, globalization, the plastics industry and probably even capitalism as we know it possible. In the future, it is to become an experimental repository for compressed CO2, and the oil in the underground caverns will be replaced by the result of its combustion. What unexpected connections does the sound of the pumpjack, emblematic of the oil rush of an earlier era, point to?</p>

Authors: Ivo Bystřičan

Field Recordist: Magnús Bergsson, Sara Pinheiro

Sound Recordist: Jan Kalužný

Sound Designer and Mixer: Marie Čtveráčková

Narrator: Skyland Václav Kobylak

Editors: Iveta Černá

Protagonist: Lukáš Likavčan, Václav Havelka, Pan Thorarensen

Studio: Mr. Wombat

Producer: Tereza Swadoschová

Future Landscapes

2023