Majestic dances of cranes, titanic hoists, and containers floating as if moved by invisible hands: nowhere is it clearer than in large international ports how things, when transformed into commodities, begin to "dance" in the Marxist sense. The standard ISO 668 container plays a crucial role in these mesmerizing movements, standardizing everything on the outside and making the human labor hidden inside seem to vanish. Yet, its value is entirely tied to that very hidden labor.

Our VR film is a playful homage to the choreography of these dancing objects. The port’s movements themselves become the main protagonists, captured from unusual perspectives. As much as possible, devoid of people, the machines become new gods, their actions creating cyclical, almost mythical processes from dawn to dusk.

In contrast, like a mischievous sprite, an actress plays—like a child, hiding—pointlessly, aimlessly. She is a counterpoint to the hyper-efficiency of cargo handling, yet still at its core. For without the human time hidden in the container, none of this would exist.

The result is something like a VR music video, shot as a silent film, with an original live score by Hauke Berheide.