Stills from ‘Altering Lines’ (2021) Elgin Thwaites.
Link to watch (low quality) film on YouTube: https://youtu.be/WKwMGzfdM74
I visited up north when I was living alone this year over April. I found this to be a very useful trip as I was surrounded by the beaches and vast open spaces of my home, Scotland once again. I spent lots of time walking the beaches around Ayr and looked back to see so many lines that people had travelled and walked across the beach. I became interested in how these lines interrupted the beach’s coastlines and the traces left by the sea on the sand as it moved viciously up the beach through the week.
I decided to film myself walking on the beach and dragged a piece of branch i had found in the rocks behind me. I chose to walk backwards so I wouldn’t be influenced by dodging rocks or debris as the sea doesn’t choose where it lands. Although this was a bit tricky it turned out successfully which I was happy about.
I also took many stills of the different surface textures around the sandy beach floor.
Images taken of the beach (2021)
I included some of these in the actual film too.
Link to ‘Altering Lines’ (2021) : https://youtu.be/WKwMGzfdM74
27/05/2021 – I am very happy to say that my film ‘Altering Lines’ was included in the FLUX virtual exhibition hosted by YAIS (Young artists in Suffolk). However, due to technical difficulties the film was unable to be shown in the virtual exhibition – the downside of virtual exhibitions! But will still be shown on the YAIS Instagram. Website Link: https://www.artsteps.com/view/608dc65246d6a01f27d03b38 Instagram Link: https://instagram.com/youngartistsinsuffolk?utm_medium=copy_link
