Vertigo

Part of the fear of heights is that mad desire to jump from them.
Alenka Artnik is a Slovenian world record holding freediver, and the deepest female with a monofin: she has dived on breath-hold to 122 meters. Only a few days after that historic dive, we filmed this exploration of the strange desire to jump whenever we find ourselves at a great height. Turns out we'd both had dreams where we did just that, and we both experienced that in water, you can give into it.
This was filmed at Deans' Blue Hole in the Bahamas, which is 200 meters deep, enough to give anyone vertigo. Florian Burghardt kept us safe and helped with all kinds of things behind the scenes. The music is 'Revelations' by Tristan Barton.

#vertigo #freediving

[DaanVerhoeven]

i was many many years old when today i learned that vertigo isn't actually the fear of heights, but that feeling of not knowing what's up or down. Fear of heights is called 'acrophobia' - wish i'd known that before i made the thumbnail...

[selfmade]

this is the best underwater video in the world, kudos to the cameraman and especially to the lady

[hakanselsfors]

I have never been close to experience anything like this, and I most likely never will, unfortunately. But watching this, I feel a primal attraction, a longing... but also a primal fear, for standing right at the edge of the abyss and letting go. It is so beautiful and peaceful, and yet so dangerous. Fantastic work! Thank you for showing us the depths!

[waliaphellps]

“Fear and desire are oposite impulses” even though you can fear what you desire and you can desire what you fear.
It’s not only the footages that inspire me, is what you say. Thank you for such a beautiful work.

[the_common_tater]

I was a commercial diver for 22 years and i must say the drop into the job is the best part.

[ASLoc.]

Я не знаю что написать потому что не знаю зачем вы это делаете. Когда смотришь дух захватывает.👍

[ybblmqw]

Ничего себе там глубоко! Красиво и страшно одновременно.

[s-code-b]

This work was so well done that I lost touch with the fact that she was holding her breath the entire time. The duration of that held breath alone is already a dream in itself.

[diamondtek]

Amazing and frightening at the same time!

[jaybond]

You have no idea how much joy in my heart and soul your videos give me, they capture every moment and every feeling about freediving. Thank you for all your hard work that goes into making these short films.

[Psalm.]

My next door neighbor friend was into cave diving. As we became adults and moved away from each other, I’d see her rarely during hometown visits. But one year recently I hadn’t seen or heard from her for awhile. Her brother let me know she drowned during a cave diving trip. Either got stuck or lost and ran out of air. Her swim partner found her. Scary way to go out.

[johannphysio]

How lovely! As a scuba diver, I relate deeply to this. You have put, so eloquently, the feeling I have felt for years! Thank you!

[spelucs]

На сколько она задерживает дыхание?Это удивительно!❤

[skrutten_]

A few years ago, I randomly discovered freediving, after never thinking about it for a second in my life, and it has been one of those singular things I've wanted to do the most, out of everything I haven't attempted yet.

Whenever it's hard to believe in this experience, I'll sometimes watch this video and it gives me the trust in our world, that there will always be extraordinary things to discover and do.

So much of the human experience—desire, curiosity, adventure, discovery—is beautifully captured in just 3 1/2 minutes. Many thanks!

[nguexfm]

That dream of flying freely is one of my favorites and the reason why I love to swim and dive so much ! In water you can fly ! 💞💞💞

[markfellows]

Quite mesmerising, struggle to hold my breath fir the length of video, less alone much much more.

[MrGaryCampanella]

Oh my goodness, you have touched on something that I have struggled with my whole life -- that insane voice in my head that says: "Jump". When I walk over a bridge or along a cliff over the ocean, I ask my partner to hold my hand and not let go because I am afraid that I will jump. On the one hand, I recognize it as a fear of losing control of my life. On the other hand, one of my dreams is to fly like a bird in their three dimensional world. Not many people understand that "insane voice" but you got it.

[Conspiracymom]

Just magic 😍🥰So so beautiful...I'm constantly flying in my dreams ....swimming is the closest thing to it 🌊Tyty💖

[qrrkoqi]

Ужас ужасный! Никогда я бы не хотела попасть в эту Завидую отважным сердцам!❤️

[tonyveloso]

Que Coragem desta mulher...da empressao de estar num vazio...sem ninguém por perto...Parabéns girl...Brazilian