The film is written as a poem of the songs of the soil, shades of blue and the entangled relationships of different kinds of waves that holds fragmented memories of the words of the Mare Liberum (Hugo Grotius 1609) - the freedom of sea as a foundation of the international law written in water and the celestial bodies while endlessly, electromagnetically warping the geographies of the land(s) that one is walking upon through language, images and force. 

The film “Dutch Landscape” is developed from a shorter first version “Kind of Blue” that was shown at and written for “The war of tomorrow: How are novel military technologies changing modern conflicts?” online symposium, 11-02-2021, that was supported by PAX for Peace and Open Society Foundation.

Online symposium: The War of Tomorrow organised and hosted by PAX for Peace
https://paxforpeace.nl/news/overview/online-symposium-the-war-of-tomorrow

“While this shift from “boots on the ground” to countering threats from a distance may appear to bring military advantages, there is an important need to further explore resulting implications for the protection of civilians and assess its effectiveness for long-term peace and security. Will these developments lower the threshold for the use of force? How do they influence the operations of Dutch military forces and their participation in peacekeeping operations? What are the additional risks faced by Dutch soldiers when other countries or non-state armed groups acquire these technologies? And can we ensure the accuracy of high-speed data streams and risk assessments in the heat of the battle?”

The short film “Kind of Blue” was screened at the event