Noticing the long stretch of the tide provided a visual representation of the speculative connection between different environments. The interaction between water and land is illustrated through the daily tidal phenomena along the shores of Morecambe Bay.
The Four Rivers Diary
Wide-Angle
The main plan was to visit the four rivers continually. The timing was arranged according to the changing tidal volumes at each river’s estuary. Sound was collected for 6–8 hours in each river, from the highest point of the tide to the lowest.
Collecting Sounds
List of selected sounds and fooatge from the project fieldtrips at:
River Lune
River Keer
River Kent
River Leven
After the on-site collection of sounds, the translation process began by re-contextualising these sounds and visuals from their original elemental context to supplement and elaborate a new language for the tide and Morecambe Bay’s landscape. The work then moved back to the studio for post-production. A process was carried out by extracting parts of the sounds and editing footage to reform a new meaning that could be added as part of this language. Through this process, the sounds were translated into a new language of organic data.
These are links to listen to some of the sounds, that has been edited for the final chapters:
Agency
