“My paternal grandfather was a Spitfire Engineer during the Second World War. Just over a decade later, my maternal grandparents started to use the booming commercial flight industry to travel extensively throughout their retirement. Despite these contrasting experiences involving aviation, each of them spoke about these times as if they were the best of their lives. ‘How Little Weight the World Has’ is both an investigation into human progression and an attempt to connect contrasting strands of my ancestry.”

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