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Abstract

The imagery is created by burying 16mm filmstrips in the mud of the banks of the Tamar, allowing the river to ‘make the film’ through the movements of its tidal waters and the action of biota - the filmstrips’ organic emulsion changed by the tides’ ebb and flow, by physical abrasion and the organisms living in the alluvial mud. Accompanied by the soundtrack developed from recordings taken from both above and below the surface of the water, the audience is immersed in the audiovisual flow of the river.The people who live along the Tamar form a close relationship with the river; each affected by the other. Artist film-makers Kayla Parker and Stuart Moore used this idea of symbiosis to create Reach. By laying raw film in the silt of the river, they have created a work which has been shaped by the river: its organic emulsion changed by the tides’ ebb and flow, by physical abrasion and the organisms living in the alluvial mud.“The river will make the film - we will be there to navigate to its completion.”[Reach was first presented as a site-specific exhibition at the opening weekend of It’s All About the River film festival in autumn 2014 as a continuous, looped 360 installation with 5 HD projectors and surround sound at Calstock Arts in Cornwall, close to the site on the banks of the River Tamar where the film was made. The 360 installation allowed the audience to be surrounded by the projected imagery and the soundscape and to move through the space, creating an experience of being completely immersed in the sights and sounds of the river itself. The film was screened also during the closing weekend of the festival at The Mayor’s Parlour, Devonport Guildhall, Mount Wise, Plymouth. After the festival, Reach was remastered as a single channel digital film with titles and credits, and released in 2015.]

Publication Date

2014-09-12

Keywords

16mm, artist's moving image, direct animation, landscape, place, River Tamar, animation, flow, tide

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