Overview
Slow Action, Ben Rivers’ first exhibition at Matt’s Gallery, is a post-apocalyptic science fiction film that brings together a series of four 16mm works which exist somewhere between documentary, ethnographic study and fiction. Continuing his exploration of curious and extraordinary environments, Slow Action applies the idea of island biogeography - the study of how species and eco-systems evolve differently when isolated and surrounded by unsuitable habitat - to a conception of the Earth in a few hundred years; the sea level rising to absurd heights, creating hyperbolic utopias that appear as possible future mini-societies. This series of constructed realities explores the environments of self-contained lands and the search for information to enable the reconstruction of soon to be lost worlds.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 22, 2018
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Animate Projects
- Director
- Ben Rivers
- Writer
- Mark von Schlegell
- Producer
- Ben Rivers
- Cinematography
- Ben Rivers
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
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