Cadence

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Abstract

Animated film poem created with a constellation of common wayside flowers, gathered during walks during mid-summer on land reclaimed from the sea along the shore of the Laira estuary, on the coast of south-west Britain, an endangered habitat threatened by human impacts, coastal erosion and climate change.The haunting soundscape uses audio field recordings from this place. It responds to the suspended animation of the petals flowing past and evokes the cries of curlews foraging on the mudflats at low tide as the twice-daily tide pushes inland from the ocean.The imagery is created using an innovative, hybrid direct animation method evolved by the film-makers through their project work with watery places, particularly river environments and coastal zones. Moore and Parker develop their response to the chosen environment through repeated visits to the location, becoming attuned to the place and noticing the changes that have occurred during different seasons and weather conditions.The term 'direct animation' applies to techniques in which animated imagery is created through physical engagement with film by ‘directly’ marking, or placing small objects onto, the filmstrip – with Cadence, the petals and leaves of small common wildflowers are pressed and floated onto strips of up cycled 35mm film leader, scanned and made into 4K moving image.The authors take the everyday and make it extraordinary, engaging with and becoming attuned to nondescript, unremarkable places by walking and kayaking through the seasons.A 60 second version of Cadence is distributed in the One Minute volume XI collection of artists' moving image, curated by Kerry Baldry.EXHIBITIONScreenings of the original, 3-minute, film include:River Plym Project Celebration and Exhibition, screening of Flow and Cadence, auditorium, Barbican Theatre Plymouth, with Devon Wildlife Trust and Plymouth National Marine Park (23 and 34 August 2024).Is anybody in? programme with an ecological theme presented by Video Art Miden; Open-Air Water Power Museum in Dimitsana, Greece; part of the museum network of Piraeus Bank Group Cultural Foundation (1 to 21 June 2024, including 5 June, to celebrate World Environment Day).Synch Pulse No. 4 curated by Ian Helliwell; The Rose Hill, Brighton (27 March 2024).Sound Signatures collection of artists’ short film, presented by Mayes Creative and CineStar; Cornwall Film Festival, Experimental Film Weekender, Cornwall Media Resource, Redruth, Cornwall (10 and 11 November 2023).Re:Think GAIA festival, presented by Video Art Miden at Farma Fifa Permaculture, Kalamata, Greece; the film features in the programme, ‘Plan(et) Β’, curated by Gioula and Olga Papadopoulou, which deals with environmental and eco-social issues (24 and 25 June 2023).Anifilm 2023 International Festival of Animated Films, International Competition – Abstract and Non-Narrative Animation category. Liberec, Czechia (2 to 7 May 2023).Exploding Cinema, ArtHouse Jersey at Capital House, Jersey (3 December 2022).Raveningham Sculpture Trail 2022, Norfolk, UK. Artists’ film programme curated by Professor Suzie Hanna for the micro-kino outdoor cinema space, featuring animations that respond to the themes of nature and journey, specially created for the Sculpture Trail (1 to 30 August 2022).Medium: 4K single screen moving image artwork with stereo sound

Publication Date

2022-07-31

Keywords

35mm film, animation, artists' moving image, climate change, co-creation, collaboration, estuary, film poem, river

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