The filmmaker searches for traces of the Thames’ distant past by processing 16mm film on the foreshore using water collected from the river. Images of water patterns and foreshore detritus appear alongside close-ups of pre-historic objects discovered nearby. Watermarks and particles of ancient silt cling to the resultant film’s surface, their abstract formations a portal to the river’s unseen forces.

The artist searches for traces of the river Thames’ distant past by processing 16mm film on the foreshore using water collected at low tide. Images of water patterns and foreshore detritus are combined with close-up textures of pre-historic objects such as skulls and flint axe-heads discovered in the area, as watermarks and particles of ancient river silt cling to the resultant film’s surface.