The seemingly groundless debate as to whether a river is “riley” or “roily” can be interpreted as an example of language’s descriptive failure. A shouting match over how to describe the river has no effect; the face of nature continues unchanged. Riley, Roily, River graphically illustrates the gap of meaning that exists between the natural, empirical world and the language we use to describe it.

Image copyright of the artist, courtesy of Video Data Bank, www.vdb.org, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

• Sektion Section: Film
• Programm Programme: Give