Stream Line
Chris Welsby
1976 - Grande-Bretagne - Couleur - 20'
Photography : Chris Welsby
Sound : Chris Welsby
Editing : Chris Welsby
Production : Chris Welsby
Distribution : Lightcone (lightcone @lightcone.org, +33 (0)1 46 59 01 53)
Chris Welsby
1976 - Grande-Bretagne - Couleur - 20'
It is a continuous, "real time" tracking shot of a stream bed. The camera was suspended in a motorized carriage running on steel cables three feet above the water surface. The camera pointed vertically downwards recording the contours of the stream bed and the flow of water along its course. The sound of the water was recorded synchronously from the moving carriage. Throughout the unedited length of the film the camera tracks along a straight line at an absolutely regular speed. In contrast the stream runs fast and slow, turbulently. In this model the straight line is used as a means to articulate the complexity of nature. In Stream Line space is represented through duration.
Photography : Chris Welsby
Sound : Chris Welsby
Editing : Chris Welsby
Production : Chris Welsby
Distribution : Lightcone (lightcone @lightcone.org, +33 (0)1 46 59 01 53)