HIGH KELLING

During the TB epidemic in 1930's specialist isolation sanitoriums were set-up in rural locations around the UK as exposure to fresh air and the outdoors where thought to aid the patients' recovery. 

Pine trees where planted around the site as pine air was though to be cleaner, patients would spend long periods outside in rotating summer houses which would be moved depending on sunlight and wind conditions.

Although the main hospital has been developed there are still some original buildings remaining and  the surrounding pine forests are an indication to its' previous use.

This short clip was shot in a pine forest close to the site of the hospital, the camera is panning to reflect the movement of the summerhouses. The soundtrack is from contact microphone recordings from an origami class at KTHC, it is best heard through headphone or external speakers.

High Kelling (Swan) from Sybella Perry on Vimeo.