BACK OF BEYOND
From deep in the Australian outback to 320 miles north of the Arctic Circle, Back of Beyond explores life in remote communities of the twenty-first century. Between 2015-2017, Sam Nester interviewed dozens of people about their experience on the frontier in the age of technology. Through oral histories, music, and video, this project reveals lessons about climate change, Indigenous rights, immigration, and what community means to a diverse range of people living in some of the farthest reaches of Australia and the USA.
SAM NESTER
Back of Beyond is a project designed, directed, and edited by New York based musician Sam Nester. Traveling to some of the most remote communities in Australia and the USA, Nester has interviewed countless people about their relationship to the land and how community plays a role in lifestyles centered around extreme isolation and disconnection from globalization.
JOE MORGAN
Australian photographer and filmmaker Joe Morgan accompanied Sam Nester on his travels, acting as director of photography to all fieldwork.
CONTRIBUTORS
Kirk Knuffke - B-flat & E-flat cornet
Hugh Ash - flugelhorn
Oliver Barrett - trombone
Willem de Koch - trombone
Mark Broschinsky - trombone
Kevin Boutote: audio engineer
Izzy Gliksberg: ears and mixing