"How do you read" poetically evokes the spirit of bunker "Five Victor Echo Charlie" (5VEP ) located in Arnhem, NL. During the Cold War 5VEP functioned as a booster station to control the pressure on a secret network of fuel pipelines spanning from North Sea coastline well into Germany. The video however does not narrate 5VEP's history but the ways in which this history is 'undead', such as the lasting effects of the use of toxics and fuels and the way this connects to broader histories of oppression. Through occult interpretations and military code language, an attempt is made to exorcise what is hidden from view.
The video was produced during an artist residency program organised by Omstand and the Mondrian Fund.
