Lake Fill 1 &2 - 2016

Documentation of two art performances to mark the filling of Lake Dunstan, Clyde, New Zealand 1992 - 93 - plus a stop frame sequence from theb Last Rivers Song.

In 1983-4 Lloyd Godman worked on a powerful series of photographs, “The Last Rivers Song”, that focused on wild areas of the Clutha River, in New Zealand that would be affected by the construction of the Clyde hydroelectric dam.

In May 1992 the dam was complete and stage one of filling the immense lake began, forever destroying the wild rapids and swirling waters of the native river. As the lake level rose, to mark the destruction, Godman engaged in a performance that offered a visceral and symbolically informed perspective, which archives the moment for the future. The silent, meditative performance included incorporating a water proof camera to photograph a submerging vista looking down the lake.

The video is backed by an evocative original score created by Trevor Coleman & Paul Hutchins for “The Last Rivers Song” in 1984.

Running time: 38 mins

Music Trevor Coleman & Paul Hutchins

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NEW DIRECTIONS - 2011

Chris Ridout interviews ecological artist Lloyd Godman

In 1996 Lloyd Godman began working with living plants as an art medium. From his interest in light and photo-sensitivity, initially this involved growing images into the leaves of Bromeliad plants but evolved into interactive installations of plants in galleries. Through his super sustainable living plant works that suspend, rotate, grow and can be harvested to create new works, he has abandoned a conventional art practice which comments about environmental issues to a practice that contributes to the environment and grows exponentially.

As John Power observes “ it is highly unusual for an artist to forge new aesthetic, philosophical and architectural directions through his work; Godman, however, has managed to use his diminutive plants to convey global concepts, and in the process participate in a new wave of appreciation for plants in the built environment…. .as physical objects, Godman’s artworks are purifiers of the air as well as the soul, suppliers of colour as well as calmness, and filters of water as well as the human spirit”.

Critical thinker Chris Ridout interviews Lloyd about this new direction in ecological; art.

Running time 57min

Music Trevor Coleman & Paul Hutchins

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Carbon Obscura IV - 2007

a stunning DVD documenting Carbon Obscura IV.

Production editing Jean-Luc Syndikas, original music Trevor Coleman

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Carbon Obscura I - 2007

a stunning DVD documenting Carbon Obscura I.

Production editing Jean-Luc Syndikas, original music Trevor Coleman

21 Minutes

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