ORF Kunstradio
In February 2010, Lawrence English and Werner Dafeldecker visited two bases on the Antarctic peninsula to work on an artistic project that allowed a sensory experience of the specific social, historical and geographical characteristics of this region. With the aid of a broad range of analog and digital technologies, the two musicians documented life at and around the two research stations Marambio and Esperanza. They recorded above and below the water surface, penguin colonies, birds, sea-lions, leopard seals, glacial fracturing and snow-storms. In “Esperanza”, English and Dafeldecker condense the collected audio material into a radio play that offers an insight into the complex processes of this fascinating world.