PaCT documents a 23 year, two-part journey with this photo-animated flip book, with photos by Dylan Kuhn, and a 263 page art-book and memoir – all by Peter Miles Bergman.

In 1996 at the age of 23, Peter and Dylan Kuhn set out to hike the 2,650 mile Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada. Burned out, injured, and broke after 90 days and 1,750 miles they quit in Oregon with a pact to return for the remaining 900 miles when they were twice as old. In 2019 they reconvened at 46 to reflect on life’s journey, and race increasingly threatening storms towards Canada.

The animation is of a lone figure stopping to pause for a snapshot before tossing a graduation cap, and instantaneously changing into a suit while 1,700 miles across California race by behind him followed by with the same figure – 23 years older – pausing before waving and walking off into the distance as 900 miles of Oregon and Washington race by. Opposite pages from the photos show the location where the photo was taken on stylized black and white maps.

Editor: Peter Miles Bergman
Publisher: is PRess
Page Count: 263pp
Size: 6.5 x 2.5 x 1.5
Notes: perfect bound, full color, limited
Edition: 303
Release Date: 2022

PaCT: A Journey Through Time from Institute of Sociometry on Vimeo.