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Walwin Dan

Water is a burned body

Vidéo | dv | couleur | 11:45 | Pays-Bas, Royaume-Uni | 2009

Water is a burned body is an attempt to evoke a dystopia by economic means. A couple wake to find a boat colliding with wall of the flooded house they are in. The man goes to investigate, only to find the body of a woman, which he discards into the water. They set off in the boat into the open water, coming across an obstruction that puts an end to their attempts.

Dan Walwin is an artist working primarily in video, having studied Fine Art at Goldsmiths College, London, graduating in 2007. Recent shows include For the sake of the image at Jerwood Space, London, 2010, Verena Klary, Iwan van`t Spijker, Dan Walwin at Walden Affairs, The Hague, 2009, and Nature Untouched at Tou Vindu, Stavanger, 2007.