Ben Rivers
ben river born artist experimental filmmaker based london england work screened film festival gallery around world numerous award river work range theme including exploring unknown wilderness territory candid intimate portrait reallife subject river studied fine art falmouth university practice filmmaker tread line documentary fiction often following filming people way separated society raw film footage provides river starting point creating oblique narrative imagining alternative existence marginal world river often employ analogue medium hand develops mm film show evidence element exposed – materiality medium forming part narrative riverss first featurelength film two year sea presented september orizzonti section th venice international film festival fipresci international critic prize second feature spell ward darkness made collaboration american filmmaker ben russell frequent collaborator premiered locarno film festival feature film distributed united kingdom soda picture cinema guild kimstim north america river represented kate macgarry gallery london recent feature directed collaboration thai filmmaker anocha suwichakornpong krabi premiered locarno film festival river medium city film festival chrysalis fellowship recipient screening work festival since early aught nought sixty ica london wild shape – group show cell project space london world rattled habit – solo show foundation liverpool slow action – solo show gallery tpw toronto matt gallery london heather ivan morison ben river david thorpe – hepworth wakefield ah liberty – solo show douglas hyde gallery dublin fable – solo show temporary gallery cologne thing – solo show kate macgarry gallery london artistinfocus screening retrospective include courtisane festival pesaro international film festival london film festival tirana film festival punto de vista pamplona karlovy vary international film festival london artist film video award tiger award short film international film festival rotterdam vauxhall collective commission film london artist moving image network production shortlisted jarman award paul hamlyn award artist baloise art prize art basel fipresci international critic prize th venice film festival shortlisted jarman award robert gardner film award artangel open tiger award short film international film festival rotterdam medium city film festival chrysalis fellowship official website kate macgarry gallery cinemascope interview bomb magazine interview vimeo page