"Rivers and Tides", a documentary by Thomas Riedelsheijmer, follows the artist Andy Goldsworthy as he builds nests, arranges rocks and spins willows in a decades-long art practice. Released in 2001, it offers us the pleasure of spending time with Mr. Goldsworthy and his creative process. The film is quiet and inspiring. As curator of "Echoes of Voynich" I think Goldsworthy's ventures into nature, creating patterns and codes with found materials, meshes perfectly with the theme of the exhibit and the artwork installed in the Wönzimer space. We look forward to sharing the film with you. Marcie Begleiter Artist and Curator of "Echoes of Voynich: Coded Systems in Contemporary Art"
"The film offers extraordinary beauty. We watch as he smashes stones to release their cyan content and uses that bright-red dye to make spectacular patterns in the currents and whirlpools of streams. We see a long rope of linked leaves, bright green, uncoil as it floats downstream. Before, we saw only the surface of the water, but now the movement of the leaves reveals its current and structure. What a happy man. Watching this movie is like daydreaming." Roger Ebert