Leaning Into The Wind: Andy Goldsworthy

Director: Thomas Riedelsheimer

2018, Scotland/Germany, 97, PG

Cast: With: Andy Goldsworthy, Tina Fiske, Holly Goldsworthy.

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Art, cinema, and nature-lovers were delighted by Thomas Riedelsheimer’s documentary on the ephemeral art of Andy Goldsworthy, Rivers and Tides. Working together sixteen years later, the filmmaker, artist (and composer Fred Frith) have again found magic in the natural world. Goldsworthy travels to Gabon, New Hampshire, Provence, and San Francisco, creating artworks of stone, water, leaf and ice – some meant to live for a moment, some to last for centuries. Even more quietly spiritual are the impermanent compositions he makes around his Scottish farm, arranging elm leaves with his daughter Holly. Watching Goldsworthy lie on a pavement in the rain to make a dry impression of his body, is a quiet rebuke to the idea that art can be owned.

“We often forget that WE are nature. So when we say that we have lost our connection to nature, we’ve lost our connection to ourselves.” – Andy Goldsworthy.

“No matter how vivid your home setup might be, it’s best to see this in a theatre.” – Scott Marks, San Diego Reader.