by Richard T. Walker (2005)
Video, color, sound, 6:19 min.
Richard T. Walker sits down in a breathtaking landscape – his back turned to the audience – and starts an intimate conversation with nature. When faced with nature’s lack to even acknowledge his presence, he senses not only a lack of warmth and comfort, but ultimately the absence of any kind of connection at all...Richard T. Walker's films are about solitude. They are moments in conversations, moments in dialogues, moments when people contemplate and come to terms with, or start to understand, a certain situation or a relationship. Walker's work is a constant enquiry into the disparity between our thoughts of "somewhere" and what actually happens "somewhere". In their transient nature, the films almost become behavioural studies of the act of experiencing. Experiences are redefined and reinvented by the artist as he speaks, continuously changing, shifting, turning, and eventually becoming timeless. We are reminded that personal conflicts and dilemmas are eternal, and will remain the same in the way they look, but not in the way they are lived.
To see an excerpt of man vs nature, simply follow the link below. Enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCfnMf5FHU8
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