Ripples was instigated by Rastko Novaković and made possible through his Leverhulme Trust artist-in-residence grant at UCL’s School of Slavonic and East European Studies.

A film entirely shot within 1 square mile of the BT telecommunication tower, which explores the tower and the surrounding area from different perspectives: the quotidian comings and goings, the local architecture, the changing of the seasons, urban redevelopment, a tarot reading, an account of local history, macroeconomic and metropolitan processes, critical geopolitics, a mantra chant and elements of science fiction. It counterposes London’s BT tower with Belgrade’s Avala tower to explore our fascination with these structures, their military and civilian use as well as the imaginary space they create, be it national, psychological or as a local landmark.

- Rastko Novaković