This video is an extract from of a larger work titled Ruskin’s Ponds which is a comparative study contrasting Ruskin’s two ponds in the grounds of his two previous houses. One pond is situated in Ruskin Park, Denmark Hill , London; a busy urban park pond, the other one is situated in the grounds and gardens of Ruskin’s House at Brantwood, Coniston; a quiet rural woodland pond. The extract was taken at Brantwood where Ruskin built his Pond. The video explores movement, change and the transient qualities of light, it also engages with representation and abstraction as the clear image of trees reflected on the surface of the pond is intermittently disrupted as result of the wind.
Ruskin’s Pond – Denmark Hill
PROGRAMME
12 VIDEOS
DURATION: 104 MINUTES
October 2009 15’29
November 2009 10’46
January 2010 10’15
August 2011 (1) 5’31
August 2011 (2) 10’43
August 2011 (3) 7’46
October 2011 (1) 7’23
October 2011 (2) 10’03
December 2011 (1) 5’33
December 2011 (2) 4’
February 2012 (1) 9’
February 2012 (2) 5’26
Ruskin’s Pond – Brantwood
PROGRAMME
10 VIDEOS
DURATION: 112 MINUTES
October 2009 7’
April 2010 25’11
May 2010 8’29
August 2010 (1) 3’05
August 2010 (2) 5’07
January 2011 (1) 10’08
January 2011 (2) 17’03
March 2011 9’42
November 2011 (1) 10’07
November 2011 (2) 14’58
