The Ground
Directed by Robert Beavers
What lives in the space between the stones, in the space cupped between my hand and my chest? Filmmaker/stonemason. A tower or ruin of remembrance. With each swing of the hammer I cut into the image and the sound rises from the chisel. A rhythm, marked by repetition, and animated by variation; strokes of hammer and fist, resounding in dialogue. In this space which the film creates, emptiness gains a contour strong enough for the spectator to see more than the image – a space permitting vision in addition to sight.
Duration
0h 22m
Released
January 30, 2001
Cast0
Part ofThe My Hand Outstretched to the Winged Distance and Sightless Measure
Includes Winged Dialogue (1967), Early Monthly Segments (2003), Plan of Brussels (1968), The Count of Days (1969), Palinode (1970), Diminished Frame (1970), Still Light (1971), From the Notebook of... (1972), The Painting (1972), Work Done (1973), Ruskin (1974), Sotiros (2000), Amor (1980), Efpsychi (1983), Wingseed (1985), The Hedge Theater (2002), The Stoas (1997), and The Ground (2001).
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