Two Horizons

Directed by Saodat Ismailova

Two Horizons is a two-screen video that speculates between ancient Turkic legend and soviet space travel program. The First Shaman of the Great Eurasian Steppe – Qorqut tried to escape Death throughout his life. It appeared to him as a seven years old boy. The only way for Qorqut to escape Death and achieve immortality was to levitate, hence beating gravity. It occurred in the southern edge of the Great Steppe. Locals venerate this place, as they believe that Qorqut revealed umbilical navel of the Earth. Later in the middle of the XX century this same place became known to the world as Baikonur, Soviet Union’s Space Station. Where the First Human defied gravity in mission Vostok - 1, traveling to space in the search of eternal life.