Sameer Farooq /

Dead Low, High Water

2-Channel Video, Sound, Printed Matter

We are not subtle enough to perceive that probably absolute flow of becoming... A tree is a new thing at every instant; we affirm the form because we do not seize the subtlety of an absolute moment.
(Niezsche)

A work addressing the nature of the archive existing in a permanent state of becoming. Various documentary gestures are applied to a location that is seldom treated as an archival subject: the Rhode Island coastline. In this seemingly barren place, devoid of material, there existed an almost infinite number of narratives that could be gleaned from the single location.

A0 poster with text by the artist. Exhibition view at Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI, USA., 2013. Exhibition view at Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI, USA., 2013.