The Whalebone box - review on Guardian

Andrew Kotting’s ‘The Whalebone Box’ available to stream & reviews

Some time ago, a whalebone box that was found washed up on a remote beach was given to writer Iain Sinclair. Once touched the box can change lives. In 2018 filmmaker Andrew Kötting, photographer Anonymous Bosch and Sinclair take the box on a reverse pilgrimage from London back to the Isle of Harris.

British artists Andrew and Eden Kötting and author Iain Sinclair venture into the depths of mythmaking to return a singular, mysterious artifact. Haunting soundscapes and a textured mix of analog and digital footage turn The Whalebone Box into a playful, highly surreal psychogeographic road movie.

Link to stream: https://mubi.com/films/the-whalebone-box

Reviews:

The Double Negative
http://www.thedoublenegative.co.uk/2020/04/insane-energy-lifting-the-lid-on-kotting-and-kubrick/

Observer
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/apr/05/the-whalebone-box-review-andrew-kotting-iain-sinclair

Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/mar/30/andrew-kottings-idiosyncratic-take-on-britishness-the-whalebone-box

Oxford Fortnightly Review
https://fortnightlyreview.co.uk/2020/05/collings-whalebone/