A large-scale, 5-screen projected installation, created along the tidal Thames in central London
This is my latest collaborative show with Susi Arnott.
Twice a day, the Thames rises many metres to fill secret, enclosed spaces in central London.
Cameras and stereo microphones, held under wharves, jetties and office-blocks, recorded four distinct audio films. Starting slowly, the water rises inexorably to take and drown each camera in the confined space of its man-made, built environment; stereo sounds of traffic, birds, humans and boat-wash are replaced by burbling inundation and the buzz of propellers. The films are not ‘in synch’; the chaos of their rhythms means nobody walks into the same exhibition twice…
To find out more go to the Thames Tides website here.
https://thamestides.wordpress.com/
Screenings
Sunday September 4th 2016
Thames Tides will premiere as part of the 2016 Totally Thames festival
http://totallythames.org/events/info/thames-tides
Sunday September 4th 2016 at The Cinema Museum,
2 Dugard Way (off Renfrew Rd.), Kennington, SE11 4TH
Anytime from 2pm till 10pm. Free entry. There’ll be a bar, café and plenty of space to mingle and talk. – alongside the multi-screen, stereo experience to wander through.
Tuesday 13th-Friday 16th September 2016
Thames Tides will be on show 10am – 5pm everyday at the astonishing Brunel Shaft by the river in Rotherhithe. Free entry. Donations to the museum gratefully received.
Brunel Museum, Railway Avenue, Rotherhithe, London, SE16 4LF.
