Rivers and Tides: Documentary

            Rivers and Tides - 2001 Andy goldsworthy working with time. This documentary directed by Riedelsheimer. In the meditative 90 minutes documentary. Goldsworthy is seen working on new creation and explain his philosophy with appreciation of the natural world.

 

 This documentary won the Golden Gate Award grand prize for best documentary at the 2003 San Francisco International film festival. The extraordinary documentary will attract you with more fascinating images or music with very appropriate tune that make it very interesting

Andy goldsworthy makes sense- luscious sculptures entirely out of things , he finds in nature , stones , twigs ,leaves , plant stalks , clay , ice and snow. He creates design of leaves , moss icicles and other thing. He builds man size ' eggs '' on beach between tides , worm of leaves its way down to mountain also creates " Igloo ". He finds red ore stones and grinds them to powder then make new experiment on it. States that red color is expression of life. Narration of animal like sheep and Their impact on the landscape , there are no trees , he creates the wall of stone with white wool on the stone.

 In documentary , working with time , art and life. It also reflects transitory nature. Different way of looking at art. It also explain philosophical ideas the art going to die very soon. Not permanent, thus process of life and death in nature. In documentary not only art is there but Goldsworthy connects philosophy with it. That is more significant.

 Goldsworthy says that "Art for me is a form of nourishment".  He notices sculpture, "The very thing that brought it to life, will bring about its death." The documentary described about Scottish landscapes. He talks about the impact of sheep on the Scottish landscape, and made a chain of green leaves and placed them in the water. Beautiful stonewall, crosses a field, and goes under a river, and emerges to wind through the trees on the other side.