Fred Hatt, Kayoko Nakajima, US 2014, Color, 5:17 min
"40.7127° N, 74.0059° W" is about the body in relation to earth and sky. The title is the latitude and longitude coordinates for New York City. The camera gives us a unique perspective on the moving body from the point of view of the ground itself. The body, like the skyscrapers and industrial structures around it, reaches outward, toward the depth of the open sky. The unusual angle gives the viewer a sense of the movement as an expression of straight and curved lines in three dimensional space. The music and the flowing movement bring out a gentler, human side of the city, in contrast to the hard, angular towers of glass and steel that form the backdrop. The film is a celebration of New York City from two artists who have made their home there for many years.