SLAM Cinema—Leaning Into the Wind

Sixteen years after the release of the groundbreaking film Rivers and Tides, director Thomas Riedelsheimer returned to work with the artist Andy Goldsworthy. Leaning into the Wind follows Goldsworthy on his exploration of the layers of his world and the impact of the years on himself and his art. As Goldsworthy introduces his own body into the work it becomes at the same time even more fragile and personal and also sterner and tougher, incorporating massive machinery and crews on his bigger projects. Riedelsheimer’s exquisite film illuminates Goldsworthy’s mind as it reveals his art. Rated PG, 97 minutes. 

Simon Kelly, SLAM’s curator of modern and contemporary art, worked with Goldsworthy during the planning and construction of Stone Sea. Kelly will make brief remarks about the film at 6 pm.