Seven Days
( Seven Days )
Chris Welsby
1974 - Grande-Bretagne - Couleur - 20'
Photography : Chris Welsby
Sound : Chris Welsby
Editing : Chris Welsby
Production : Chris Welsby, Arts Council of Great Britain
Distribution : Lightcone (lightcone @lightcone.org, +33 (0)1 46 59 01 53)
Chris Welsby
1974 - Grande-Bretagne - Couleur - 20'
The location for this film was by a small stream on the northern slopes of Mount Carningly in southwest Wales. The seven days were shot consecutively and appear in that order. One frame was taken every ten seconds throughout the hours of daylight. The camera was mounted on an equatorial stand: rotating at the same speed as the Earth, the camera is always pointing at the either its own shadow or the sun. Selection of image (sky or Earth; sun or shadow), was controlled by the extent of cloud coverage. The final shape of the film is a product of the interaction between the predictable mechanistic nature of technology and the chance-like qualities of the natural world.
Photography : Chris Welsby
Sound : Chris Welsby
Editing : Chris Welsby
Production : Chris Welsby, Arts Council of Great Britain
Distribution : Lightcone (lightcone @lightcone.org, +33 (0)1 46 59 01 53)