Rivers and Tides
Rivers and Tides
„Ein Film von fließender Geschmeidigkeit und kristalliner Schönheit... Riedelsheimer begleitet den Künstler auf seinen Streifzügen und dokumentiert minutiös und geduldig den Prozeß des Entstehens und Verschwindens. Die Kamera verdichtet solche Momente zu Artefakten von hoher Komplexität, die frei sind von jeglicher mysteriöser Spiritualität. Denn bei allem faszinierten Staunen und meditativen Verweilen, das über den Bildern Riedelsheimers liegt, folgt der Film wie die Arbeit Goldsworthys dem Pragmatismus der Natur und reproduziert ihre Schönheit als Kunstwerk.
Schnitt Filmmagazin
Ein neunzigminütiger Bilderrausch....So uneitle, ausdrucksvolle Bilder, die sich ganz in den Dienst eines anderen Künstlers stellen und doch eine eigene, spektakuläre Ästhetik entwickeln sieht man selten.
Die Welt
Rivers and Tides - Andy Goldsworthy Working With Time
Germany/Scotland 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. A land-artist who uses materials from nature to make site-specific works, Goldsworthy allows the elements to have the last say in his beautiful creations, as his ingenious patterns of wood, leaves, stone and ice move and erode over time. German filmmaker Thomas Riedelsheimer followed the artist for over a year in several outdoor locations, intimately documenting his improvisational process and capturing the serene spectacle of his works and their delicate changes. Although Goldsworthy's private and often ephemeral pieces have been documented extensively in still photographs, this remarkable movie uses the artist's own voice to guide us through his process and help us "...see something you never saw before, that was always there but you were blind to it." Rivers and Tides is a sensual and poetic masterpiece."
Richard Peterson
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Director, DoP, Editor
Thomas Riedelsheimer
Music
Fred Frith
Camera Assistant
Dieter Stuermer
Sound
Jane Porter
Colin Hood
Brian Howell
Sounddesign
Marilyn Jansen
Soundmix
Tom Dokoupil
Producers
Annedore v. Donop
Leslie Hills
Production
Mediopolis GmbH
Co-production
Skyline Prod. Ltd,. Edinburgh
Production Manager
Jörg Rothe
Commissioning Editors
Sabine Rollberg, WDR/ARTE
Ute Casper, WDR/ARTE
Elina Paloheimo, Ulla Salonen, YLE
In cooperation with
WDR/ Arte,
YLE Finland
Supported by
FilmFernsehFonds Bayern
Scottish Screen National Lottery
Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg