Slow Action (2018)
Slow Action, Ben Rivers’ first exhibition at Matt’s Gallery, is a post-apocalyptic science fiction film that brings together a series of four 16mm works which exist somewhere between documentary, ethnographic study and fiction. Continuing his exploration of curious and extraordinary environments, Slow Action applies the idea of island biogeography - the study of how species and eco-systems evolve differently when isolated and surrounded by unsuitable habitat - to a conception of the Earth in a few hundred years; the sea level rising to absurd heights, creating hyperbolic utopias that appear as possible future mini-societies. This series of constructed realities explores the environments of self-contained lands and the search for information to enable the reconstruction of soon to be lost worlds.
Director: Ben Rivers
http://www.animateprojects.org/films/by_project/solo_commissions/slow_action
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John Wynne as Narrator (voice) |
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Ilona Halberstadt as Narrator (voice) |
| Writing | Mark von Schlegell | Writer |
| Directing | Ben Rivers | Director |
| Production | Ben Rivers | Producer |
| Camera | Ben Rivers | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Ben Rivers | Editor |
