Water Over Stone, 2002 – Floor Projection (excerpt)
Running time: 5:00 / SD / colour
Movement of water over a stone in Lake Memphremagog in the Eastern Townships.
From the exhibition As I Walk at Fonderie Darling, Montréal, 2021.
Camera: Sylvia Safdie
Editing: Gabrielle Allain, Patrick Andrew Boivin, Sylvia Safdie
Audio: Silent
While gazing at the currents in Lake Memphremagog, without realizing it, I became captivated by the flow of water over a stone. It was a windy afternoon and the water kept gushing in rhythms of swirls as it intervened with the stone, or was it the stone that intervened with the flow of water… However it was the stone that I identified with – my body became the stone and I was enveloped by its folds, wrinkles, and ripples. When I became conscious of the experience I ran to get my video camera.