red variations
‘deep listening: into the earth
burrowing, into the water courses
hidden in rockbed.’
(denise levertov – footprints – reading in the red book cellar, new directions, 1972)
red lake (dartmoor, devon 2015)
details
margin, thread and vessel
three cymatic films with sound pieces that relate to three bodies of water with the inclusion of ‘red’ in their name.
fragment 2.4 - tailings we walk through altered landscapes morphological adjustments geo-archaeologies ancient earthworks re-named places ditches, pits, channels or ponds slurry and spoil mineral washings extractions and separations the chemistries of mass productions mono-materials weight and isolation stratified in subsoils in riverbed channels a single colour breaking the surface natural
red tarn
variation one: margin
a cymatic film and soundpiece
location: helvellyn, cumbria
date: in preparation
feature: small high altitude lake formed in a cirque by glacial action
os grid ref: NY3489915444
altitude: 18 metres (2,356 feet)
depth: 25 metres (82 feet)
dimensions: ?
mining: iron (1860)
colour: ferrous brown/red rock from iron mine at the north end of the lake
field assistant: tbc
red river
variation two: thread
a cymatic film and soundpiece
location: godrevy, north cornwall
date: september 2012 and april 2019
feature: river-mouth buried tailings deposit
os grid ref: SW5829942220 (river mouth)
altitude: 170 metres (560 ft) to sea level
depth: 0.50 metres (1.6 feet) (river- mouth)
dimensions: 8 miles (13 km)
mining: tin (early 1960s – 1985)
colour when mining: red – mine tailings (hematite, copper, zinc, arsenic)
colour now: yellow – limonite formed by bacterial action on dissolved iron
field assistant: beverly burden
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red river estuary
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red river deposit
red river fieldwork
red lake
variation three: vessel
a cymatic film and soundpiece
location: dartmoor, devon
date: may 2015
feature: china clay pit 1910 – 1933 now naturally filled by peat bog run-off.
os grid ref: SX6456266793
altitude: 457 metres (1,500 ft)
depth: ? metres (? feet)
dimensions: ?
mining: china clay (1910-1933)
colour: yellow/red – limonite formed by bacterial oxidation of ferrous carbonate in peat
field assistant: wesley burden
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red lake, dartmoor
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red lake gradient
