Flood Tide
Flood Tide (2010) is a road movie on a river. It tells the story of a group of musicians and friends who, driven by dreams, desperation and a sense of adventure, decide to build a boat out of salvaged materials and set out down a river.
The film’s narrative unfolds through memories, songs, letters and diary entries. Characters played by the bands Dark Dark Dark and Fall Harbor walk through closed-down gas stations, play music in abandoned buildings, and float past empty new condo developments in an attempt to escape a life that doesn’t make sense.
Flood Tide was created in collaboration with the Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea, a project dreamed up by the artist Swoon and built by an eclectic group of artists. In the summer of 2008 the crew built and floated seven large, boat-sculptures down the Hudson River.
At the 2010 01SJ Biennial, Flood Tide will screen, accompanied by a live musical score by Dark Dark Dark, at the Empire Drive-In, a multimedia installation and platform inspired by the film and built by Todd Chandler and Jeff Stark.
Maria. Video still, courtesy of the artist.
Alice. Video still, courtesy of the artist.
Quarry. Video still, courtesy of the artist.
Slushies. Video still, courtesy of the artist.
Video still, courtesy of the artist.
The band. Video still, courtesy of the artist.
Watertower. Video still, courtesy of the artist.
