A 2 screen installation made with Chris Welsby
The entire film was shot from a window in a water-mill in Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. From this fixed viewpoint overlooking the River Yar, the camera was operated by 'single-framing' so that time was compressed at the rate of one frame every minute (day and night) for three weeks.
The film was made in two parts: twenty-one days following the Autumn Equinox, which is projected on the left-hand screen, and three weeks preceding the Spring Equinox shown on the right-hand screen.
Extract from artist's screening notes for John Hansard Gallery, Southampton University November 1972 (WR)
River Yar (extract)
