Superimposing a working algorithm onto the river brings about a merging of machinic and personal time (time from a human perspective). The algorithm is a cellular automaton, whose individual cells “live” or “die” according to preset rules. Its action appears very synthetic and very organic at the same time - the marvelous thing about all cellular automata.

The sound here was composed after viewing the video. It is not directly motivated by the movement, forms, or structure in the video, but its progression and density are a response to the energy in the images. The river itself, meanwhile, can’t be captured in any real sense but (maybe) goes on forever, always eluding stillness.

Artist: Nous Sommes Fragiles (John Kamevaar + Nell Tenhaaf)