True Films 3.0 - Kevin Kelly

River and Tides
By Thomas Riedelsheimer
2001, 90 min.
Available from Amazon
Rent from Netflix
One of the best films about art, by one of our best living artists. Drift in and out of the dreams
of Andy Goldsworthy as he summons a mesmerizing cornucopia of temporary monuments – an
arc of icicles, a train of flowers, a hive of sticks – from bits of leaves, twigs, rocks, ice and mud.
He makes things you could easily make – if only you saw the world as he does. By the end of this
beautifully lyrical film, you do begin to share Goldsworthy mystical vision of a world swimming
in energy and flows. More than anything else Goldsworthy celebrates childlike play, a playfulness
which this films radiates. The most profound moments catch the artist despairing as his
painstakingly constructed pieces fail before they
are finished. Later he watches in boyish glee as they
naturally fall apart. I feel angelic when I watch this.
Stems, driftwood, autumn leaves, raindrops (middle), icicles
(below) and yellow blossoms are the medium.
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