A modern tribute to A Space Odyssey which was Stanley Kubrick's most enduring masterpiece.
An isolation odyssey is a reenactment of the iconic finale of 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968). Restaged in the context of home quarantine, the journey through time adapts to the mundane dramas of self-isolation–poking fun at the navel-gazing saga of life alone and indoors.

“The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent.”
– Stanley Kubrick
As a celebration of Kubrick’s enduring vision, NYC designer Lydia Cambron recreated the final scenes of 2001 during the lockdown with what she had at home. Described as “a minor saga of quarantine and isolation”, Cambron titled the piece 2020: An Isolation Odyssey. Instead of an astronaut suit, the short film features Cambron in red sweatpants, a hoodie and a face-mask navigating the emptiness of her Brooklyn apartment. “Restaged in the context of home quarantine,” Cambron wrote, “the journey through time adapts to the mundane dramas of self-isolation–poking fun at the navel-gazing saga of life alone and indoors.”

It is interesting to see the artistic reshaping of Kubrick’s epic to portray the silent stagnation of our daily lives brought about by a global pandemic. Cambron commented on what she wanted to convey, “The narrowness of daily life in a single space, transitioning from confusion to acceptance, a distorted sense of time, and ‘returning’ after a transformational event – all experiences analogous to quarantine.”