Water Over Stone, 2002 (excerpt)
Running time: continuous loop / SD / colour

The rhythmic movements of water falling at various speeds over a stone on lake Memphremagog. By slowing the movement down, we are able to observe the organic transformation that is occurring.

Camera: Sylvia Safdie
Editing: Marielle Quesney, Sylvia Safdie
Audio: Silent

While gazing at the currents in Lake Memphremagog, without realizing it, I became captivated by the flow of water over a stone. It was a windy afternoon and the water kept gushing in rhythms of swirls as it intervened with the stone or was it the stone that intervened with the flow of water. However, it was the stone that I identified with – my body became the stone, and I was enveloped by its folds, wrinkles, and ripples of the water. When I became conscious of the experience I ran to get my video camera.

Over the years this video has been shown at several venues. It was shown with at the installation As I Walk at the Darling foundry, Montréal, in 2023.