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Ben Rivers : Slow Action

20 Nov-18 Dec 2010

Picture This
Bristol BS1 6UU

Overview

The work considers possible future Utopias evolving on islands. Shot on 16mm in Lanzarote, Japan and Tuvalu, Slow Action combines footage with animation. An accompanying spoken text has been written in collaboration with Mark von Schlegell. Ben Rivers' films are rich, cinematic portraits exploring wilderness environments and self-contained worlds. Ben Rivers lives and works in London. He has exhibited internationally at festivals and galleries, and won numerous awards eg Tiger Award for Short Film, IFF Rotterdam 2008 and Best Film, EXiS, Seoul 2008. He has received a London Artist's Film and Video Award and is a nominee for the Jarman Award 2010. Slow Action has been commissioned by Picture This and Animate Projects.