On An Unknown Beach

Synopsis

Aboard the state-of-the-art research vessel Tangaroa, coral scientist Di Tracey surveys the Chatham Rise seabed to document the impact of deep ocean trawl fishing. Wandering through Christchurch’s eerie post-quake CBD, Bruce Russell, a sound artist and founding member of seminal noise band The Dead C, philosophises on urbanisation and regeneration through improvised soundscapes and his own highly evolved thought patterns. And navigating a fraught interior landscape, poet and actor David Hornblow uses Regression Hypnotherapy to traverse his past experiences with addiction. For Luxton and Agnew, their unique subjects’ journeys into the unknown have galvanised their own approach to the aesthetic of this adventurous film, earthy in tone and form and sublimely realised as a visual poem.

Main Cast

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Music	David Hornblow Alistair Galbraith Bruce Russell Peter Wright
	Sound Designer	Daniel Loughnan Ande Schurr
Directing	Director	Adam Luxton Summer Agnew
Editing	Editor	Adam Luxton
Camera	Director of Photography	Adam Luxton Summer Agnew
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