Film

Slow Action

2018 · 45m · Science Fiction

IMDb

6.9

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.

• Ben RiversDirector · Producer · Director of Photography · Editor
• Mark von SchlegellWriter

Release date

September 22, 2018

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

45m

Genres

Science Fiction