a river holds a perfect memory
(2024) 17minutes 18seconds
16mm, archival, LIDAR
commissioned by Film and Video Umbrella and Touchstones, Rochdale with support from HOME, Manchester
supported using public funding from Arts Council England
a river holds a perfect memory meanders gently across waterways in Jamaica, through leisure activities such as rafting on the Martha Brae River and a night-time boat trip in Falmouth’s bioluminescent Lagoon. In the UK, archival footage tracks industrial impact upon the landscape in Northern England - as water becomes a resource and a reservoir is constructed in Rochdale.