Summary: Using old 16mm cameras, artist Ben Rivers, who has been nominated for the Jarman Prize and has won a Tiger Award at Rotterdam, creates work from stories of real people, often those who have disconnected from the normal world and taken themselves into wilderness territories TWO YEARS AT SEA extends his relationship with Jake, a man first encountered in his short film THIS IS MY LAND. The title refers to the work Jake did in order to finance his chosen state of existence. He lives alone in a ramshackle house, in the middle of the forest. It's full of curiosities from a bygone age, including a beloved old gramophone. Jake has a tremendous sense of purpose, however eccentric his behaviour seems to us and Rivers' witty and gracefully-constructed film creates an intimate connection with an individual who would otherwise be a complete outsider to us.
