Adam Frelin

Floating Boulder

single-channel video
2-minute loop
2005

While an artist-in-residence at the MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire I created a 10' x 10' x 10' fiberglass sculpture based on the image of an iconic object I found in a magazine. The "Golden Rock Stupa" is a gold-painted boulder perched on the edge of a cliff in Myanmar. On top of it is a shrine that supposedly holds within it a lock of the Buddha's hair. I wondered what would happen if the rock fell into the water below. In this video I answer that question for myself by documenting my golden boulder gracefully floating within a small river on an overcast day.