
Atthevillageedgerunsagravelpath,throughfieldsanduptothefence,chartedonthemapofformeruraniumminingsitesinSaxonyandThuringia.From1946to1990theSovietcorporationSAGWismutmineduraniumtherefortheUSSR’satomicweaponsprogram.Above,socialismradiatesintothefuture,below,anancientrockradiatesoutofthetornupearth.TheGDRenvironmentalmovementshinesalightonthepath.Night.Darkness.Agroupofpeople,aflashlight,astripofx-rayfilmisburiedinthegravel.Thegroundexposesthefilm,leavingbehindatraceofitsinvisiblerays.ThefilmSonneUnterTagefollowsthistracehorizontallythroughthelandscapesoftoday,markedbydismantlingandrestructuring,andverticallythroughthegroundasanarchive.Deepboreholesthroughspaceandtimetrackthesedimentednarrativessurroundingtheelementuranium,materially,metaphorically,andgeopolitically.Howdoesithauntthelandscape?Howisitlinkedtotheghostofsocialism?Whatbiographiesrearrangeandbeleaguerthesitesofitsexcavation?Howdoesitcontinuetoradiateinthemediathatrecordit?Howcanthespectrumofthevisiblebeshiftedinordertobringitsinvisibleraysintotheimage,tomakeitpossibletohearthemorfeelthem?