Robyn Voshardt / Sven Humphrey

generator
parametabolic
new & improved
holdfast
the fall
decomposition in a
when i look up...
smoke and mirrors
bad blood
cloudland
channel
flow
feed
strand
reflex - concave
chill
flatland
grow
tap 1+2
losing my marbles

HoldFast, a work in multiple parts, contrasts beauty and decay in a painterly epic about a starving tidal ecosystem. Three views isolate a tiny portion of the coastal zone during a changing tide on Nova Scotia’s eastern shore, known for its dramatic ebb and flow. Despite adequate water circulation, native seaweeds that were once a vibrant and healthy shade of green are deteriorating and detaching from their holdfasts, the point at which they attach to rock. The cause of their burned and bleached appearance stems from human causes. The negative impact of over-fishing on aquatic plant life – and its interdependence with the greater food chain – has been largely ignored by locals and scientists alike. Just as deforestation happens on land, so it does in the ocean.

HoldFast, 2007, HD video/sound, dim. variable

Part 1, (7 min. 38 sec.) shown at left
Part 2 (1 hr. 28 min. 40 sec.)

full video with sound coming soon