Dark Days, Bright Skies: Isolation and Quarantine

Dark Days, Bright Skies: Isolation and Quarantine

Dark Days, Bright Skies: Isolation and Quarantine is an ongoing video projection project documenting the passing days of the COVID19 pandemic. On March 27th, 2020, it was announced that the United States had hit 100,000 cases of the novel coronavirus. In the days that followed, businesses began closing, corporate employees were sent to work from home, and city centers which were once bustling with activity became deserted, all in an effort to slow the spread of COVID19. As life began to drastically change and I was learning to navigate existing during a pandemic, I began documenting the days. As an individual considered high risk for complications from COVID19, the anxiety and fear continued to build, the depressive episodes would ebb and flow, but the daily documentation became a calming mechanism as I peered out my window to capture the sky on film, documenting the same backdrop we all exist under. As each metaphorically dark day has elapsed, in stark contrast to the physically bright skies that emerge each day, filming has not ceased. Dark Days, Bright Skies: Isolation and Quarantine serves as a solemn memory of the devastating toll this pandemic has taken on human lives but also represents the hope on the horizon that the vaccine brings us, as we slowly begin to transition into a post-pandemic life.