The Other River
De andere rivier

2024 | 12'53” | 8mm | black&white, color | sound

A person in a boat floats down a river and sees the surrounding landscape. At the same time he looks inward and sees fragments from paintings, pages from books, and memories of other landscapes.



A film by Pieter Swier
Film processing by Frank Bruinsma // Super 8 Reversal Lab, Den Haag
Scanning by Onno Petersen
The black & white footage was shot on a Bolex B8 with Fomapan R100
the color footage was shot with a Bauer C6 and a Bauer XL15 on Kodak Ektachrome
Thank you Damien Cattinari, Cindy Post, Ainslie Gilewski and Claudio Caldini for the support and inspiration.



Screenings
Screenings
* Screened at the non-syntax Experimental Image Festival ‘Memothod’ exhibition. A retrospective with 10 Films + Physical objects from my library. Taipei, Taiwan (10-20-10 2024)