Andy goldsworthys rivers and tides top documentary films. The film captures the essential unpredictability of working with rivers and with tides, feels into a sense of liquidity in stone, travels with goldsworthy underneath the skin of the earth and reveals colour and energy flowing through all things. The students were intrigued and inspired by the passion and patient perseverance of the artist and the cameraman and nonpainters are absorbed by the visual qualities and the questions that andy goldsworthy s work provokes. Leaning into the wind is the second documentary filmfollowing rivers and tidesabout artist and environmentalist andy goldsworthy. Rivers flows beautifully film adds insight to andy.
But sand castles, by design, are a playful and innocent expression of darker human impulses, a desire to control nature by shaping it into something unnatural. Rivers and tides shows us several collaborative projects. Andy goldsworthy working with time, andy goldsworthy. Odcdances performance of boulders and bones begins with a timelapse photographic sequence of renowned british landscape sculptor andy goldsworthys construction of culvert cairn. Andy goldsworthy and the limits of working with nature rivers and tides. Just as goldsworthy s work uses the flow of time to show arts interconnection with life, rivers and tides illustrates cinemas intimate connection with the natural world, so that technology and. Andy goldsworthy working with time by thomas riedelsheimer.
Jan 02, 2003 a good portion of rivers and tides, which opens today at film forum in the south village, follows mr. Watching, waiting, weather and time are all crucial underpinning for the watercolour landscape painters technique. Andy goldsworthy working with time i really enjoyed this 2001 documentary, i recommend checking it out. Filmmaker thomas riedelsheimer touch the sound, breathing earth worked with the sculptor for more than a year to capture goldsworthys process of working. May 23, 2008 analysis and discussion of river and tides a written analysis of the movie river and tides by andy goldsworthy. Rivers and tides is a 2001 documentary film directed by thomas riedelsheimer about the british artist andy goldsworthy, who creates intricate and ephemeral sculptures from natural materials such as rocks, leaves, flowers, and icicles.
Documentarian thomas riedelsheimer shows us andy goldsworthy as he creates art in natural settings using natural materials such as driftwood, ice, mud, leaves, and stones. Jun 11, 2002 british land artist andy goldsworthy and his work are the subjects of rivers and tides, which won the golden gate award grand prize for documentary at the 2002 san francisco international film. Andy goldsworthy with time stars andy goldsworthy the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 30 min, and received a score of 82 out of 100 on. Just as goldsworthys work uses the flow of time to show arts interconnection with life, rivers and tides illustrates cinemas intimate connection with the natural world, so that technology and. May 30, 2003 andy goldsworthy and the limits of working with nature rivers and tides. British land artist andy goldsworthy and his work are the subjects of rivers and tides, which won the golden gate award grand prize for documentary at the. Andy goldsworthy working with time is the most spiritually literate documentary you will see this year. Rivers and tides andy goldsworthy working with time dvd. Andy goldsworthy and the limits of working with nature. It won the golden gate award grand prize for best documentary at the 2003 san francisco international film festival. I first came across goldsworthys sculpture through his photography. With andy goldsworthy, anna goldsworthy, holly goldsworthy, james goldsworthy. Documentary about artist andy goldsworthy is as amazing as.
The subtitle of the documentary, working with time, explores how the effects of the rising and falling of the oceans tides, the flow of water in rivers and streams, plant growth through the seasons and even the movement of farm animals, all influence and interact with the artists work. Rivers and tides andy goldsworthy working with time germanyscotland 2012, 93min that rare film about an artist that is, in itself, a work of art, rivers and tides andy goldsworthy working with time is an extraordinary journey into the world and mind of scottish sculptor andy goldsworthy. Here are some images of andy goldsworthys lovely pieces but i dont think you can really get a full grasp for them unless you watch the film. The human touch, a feature documentary film with andy goldsworthy directed by thomas riedelsheimer, brings together the team that made the commercially and artistically successful, rivers and tides 2001we will work with three different kinds of location. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Portrait of andy goldsworthy, an artist whose specialty is ephemeral sculptures made from elements of nature. Christus heritage hall, the village at incarnate word 4707 broadway street san antonio, tx 78209. Just living in his home town for example, he knew the area well enough to distinguish. A landartist who uses materials from nature to make. Goldsworthy is famously known for his temporal and site.
The music was composed and performed by fred frith and was released on a soundtrack, rivers and tides 2003. A film with andy goldsworthy directed by thomas riedelsheimer. Goldsworthy as he works on the nova scotia coast, where the tides are dramatic. Andy goldsworthy, a british artist who gets his inspiration and material from the natural world, is the narrator in the film rivers and tides. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Andy goldsworthy working with time andy goldsworthy topic. Time is an absolutely appropriate title for this because all his creations disintegrateblow awayfloat awayevaporatemelt with time.
Rivers and tides andy goldsworthy working with time. His own remarkable still photographs are goldsworthy s way of talking about his often ephemeral works, of fixing them in time. Rivers and tides movie documentary film about andy. Andy goldsworthy working with time portrait of andy goldsworthy, an artist whose specialty is ephemeral sculptures made from elements of nature. Filmmaker thomas riedelsheimer touch the sound, breathing earth worked with the sculptor for more than a year to capture goldsworthys process of working in collaboration with mother nature. Andy goldsworthy rivers and tides working with time film series. Andy goldsworthy revisits his relationship with nature in new documentary leaning into the wind follows an earlier popular film on the artist and his works in stone, water, wood and earth. And of course, the second line of the film, the subtitle, was andy goldsworthyworking with time.
Andy goldsworthys rivers and tides documentarytube. Think about a time youve observed something happening in nature, in the natural world such as a sunset, a bird being fed in a nest, a storm approaching and rain falling down, a snow storm, etc. The music was composed and performed by fred frith and was released on a soundtrack, rivers and tides 2003 the film received a number of awards, including. Goldsworthy comments on his earthworks and occasionally responds to off screen questions from riedelsheimer while he painstakingly builds. They have it on netflix, its titled rivers and tides.
He creates largescale outdoor sculptures and artworks out of natural materials like mud, wood, ice and stone in an attempt to imbue the physical. His own remarkable still photographs are goldsworthys way of talking about his often ephemeral works, of. Andy goldsworthy working with time is a documentary that opened in san francisco in mid2002 and just kept running, moving from one theater to another, finding its audience not so much through word of mouth as through hand on elbow, as friends steered friends into the theater, telling them that this was a movie they had to see. I love how goldsworthy goes to a location, discovers materials on the scene, and attaches rocks, clay, sticks, and leaves together into gorgeous but extremely temporal images. Andy goldsworthy and his art are beautifully captured in this engaging documentary. Working with time january 5, 2015 paul wake baker the violent colors of autumn leaves, an ironrich rock that turns water blood red, blackened stalks, great slabs of ice, thorns, chipped rocks. May 22, 2008 andy goldsworthy, a british artist who gets his inspiration and material from the natural world, is the narrator in the film rivers and tides.
Rivers and tides is a mesmerising and beautifully photographed film about andy goldsworthy, one of britains best known sculptors, renowned worldwide for his work with entirely natural materials. Andy goldsworthy revisits his relationship with nature in. In watching rivers and tides, i feel as though on an almost constant level andy goldsworthy was required to take into account the environment he was in. In andy goldsworthys rivers and tides, documentarian thomas riedelsheimer shows how andy goldsworthy brings alive art in the form of structures and scenes art in natural settings using natural materials such as driftwood, ice, mud, leaves, and stones. Andy goldsworthy working with time, written and directed by thomas riedelsheimer by clare hurley. Mar 15, 2018 leaning into the wind is the second documentary filmfollowing rivers and tidesabout artist and environmentalist andy goldsworthy. Andy goldsworthy working with time self 2001 leaning into the wind camera and electrical department 2017. Germanyscotland 2012, 93min that rare film about an artist that is, in itself, a work of art, rivers and tides andy goldsworthy working with time is an extraordinary journey into the world and mind of scottish sculptor andy goldsworthy. Andy goldsworthy rivers and tides working with time film. I read that you had not seen andy for many years, and then one day you bumped into him while you were filming in scotland. A written analysis of the movie river and tides by andy goldsworthy.
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