The movie rivers and tides was actually pretty interesting as far as I am concerned, the art itself was quite interesting, very geometric. As was the time lapse footage and the destruction of the pieces as part of the overall performance.
The artist definitely seems to have a fascination with water as he is constantly exploring the the meanderings of old rivers and the shifting of the tides and there influence on the surrounding environment...
The artist also has an insane amount of patience to work with some of his media, like the icicles and the stick and the stones with no adhesives or bonding agents of any kind, but it was also sad to see some the pieces crumble before completion, making me wonder how many great pieces have been left behind?
The one thing I wish they had explained more were those stone monuments, I would have liked some more back story on those, how he came up with it, why it repeats throughout his work etc, cuz those are not easy to build I'd imagine. The one thing that bothered me however was that he seemed to be making the art smarter than it needs to be, its a bit cliche but when I hear him talking about "trying to understand how this happens and how did that river get there" (when its well established how they occur) he tries to be philosophical where I don't believe its really necessary, he almost sounds like the student returning home from his first semester of college that has been "enlightened" in the ways of the world, when personally I think his works stands just fine on its own.
The artist definitely seems to have a fascination with water as he is constantly exploring the the meanderings of old rivers and the shifting of the tides and there influence on the surrounding environment...
The artist also has an insane amount of patience to work with some of his media, like the icicles and the stick and the stones with no adhesives or bonding agents of any kind, but it was also sad to see some the pieces crumble before completion, making me wonder how many great pieces have been left behind?
The one thing I wish they had explained more were those stone monuments, I would have liked some more back story on those, how he came up with it, why it repeats throughout his work etc, cuz those are not easy to build I'd imagine. The one thing that bothered me however was that he seemed to be making the art smarter than it needs to be, its a bit cliche but when I hear him talking about "trying to understand how this happens and how did that river get there" (when its well established how they occur) he tries to be philosophical where I don't believe its really necessary, he almost sounds like the student returning home from his first semester of college that has been "enlightened" in the ways of the world, when personally I think his works stands just fine on its own.
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