Strips of previously unexposed film went into the ocean and these fragments are what returned. In this latest installment of a nine year project attempting to document the underwater world off the coast of South Carolina both the sounds and images are the result of the oceanic inscriptions written directly into the emulsion of the film as it was buffeted by the salt water, sand and rocks; as it was chewed and eaten by the crabs, fish and underwater creatures. (David Gatten )
In his films, David GATTEN investigates the cutting edge of the printed word and the moving image. His work forms part of permanent collections in the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Art Institute in Chicago.
Also in this combined programme
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Greene Street
A measure of fleeting qualities in a Manhattan interior thirty years ago, the passage of time held in place, the light of another day. -
man.road.river.
A man goes out for a walk. An uninterrupted journey through depths of field and the shallows of a river. -
This, and This
Measuring the contrasts of nuance and starker relations, the state of things, the entire world lies in the difference between this, and this. -
The Transit of Venus
The film is composed of two consecutive, partial, time-lapse records of the Transit of Venus an event which repeats its patterns every 243 years. -
And We All Shine On
The pirate radio of the Beyond sings like the night wind through the leaves in the trees. We sing along and in the wake of… -
Film for Invisible Ink, case no.71: BASE-PLUS-FOG
We search for focus, the evidence is thin, but like breath on a mirror it speaks of life and provides a compass for the way… -
Song and Solitude
No words can describe the dark beauty of Song and Solitude. A comprehensive symphony of wonder.
Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2006
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2007
- Length
- 5'
- Medium/Format
- 16mm
