Dust defying gravity consists of a single 4 minute tracking shot that traces through the rooms at Dunsink Observatory, documenting the aging telescopes and measuring instruments arrayed throughout the building. As the camera passes over a mechanical model of the solar system, the dust in the air of the room becomes visible, floating and scintillating like a field of stars.

Essays:
Francis McKee, Experimental Conversations
Graham Parker, The shaggy dog in the river
Peter Ride, Viewed from the side

Commissioned by Kathy Rae Huffman, for A Fine Line, Cornerhouse Manchester UK.