Despite the transience of only living a few weeks or months, the body of a moth undergoes radical physiological changes in its relatively short lifetime. In its fully matured form, the moth sprouts a pair of hardened protein wings and ultraviolet-sensitive eyes that enable it to travel by moonlight in a process called transverse orientation. Now, in a world teeming with 24 hour artificial lighting, the moth must contend with a fatal attraction towards a billion glittering moons.

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This short film explores the indwelling navigational systems of insects that travel in response to the position of the moon. Using this phenomenon as a metaphor, the film explores the ways in which embodied knowledge such as instinct and desire are thrown off course whilst living in a world of super-stimulation.