River, Come Back
River, Come Back
2010
Stop-Motion Animation/Video
Inspired by the Chicago River’s famous current reversal in 1887 and the state of rivers in cities throughout the world, this animation serves as a psycho-geographical text, and an earnest request to a river to change it’s course. There is a pervading sense of longing and urgency in the narrative, and an admission of process in moments when the drawn meets the real, when image becomes live action.
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![River Come Back River Come Back](http://ninabarnett.org/sites/ninabarnett.org/files/styles/nina_small/public/aim1%28LR%29.jpg?itok=ycMhhhYr)
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![River Come Back River Come Back](http://ninabarnett.org/sites/ninabarnett.org/files/styles/nina_small/public/aim2%28LR%29.jpg?itok=9To4aP9S)
![River Come Back River Come Back](http://ninabarnett.org/sites/ninabarnett.org/files/styles/nina_small/public/aim4%28LR%29.jpg?itok=rqW3yWIt)