CASTAIC LAKE
Director Brigid McCaffrey
Countries United States
Duration 29 min
Synopsis
Taking its course, the camera drifts in to the coves and surveys the shorelines of this multi-use reservoir to unearth fragments of its young history and consider a series of possible relationships to this man-made environment. The place suggests an approach to the making; it is a distinct container, shaped both by infrastructural regulations and environmental shifts, so that every physical region proposes a different activity. Direct interview narratives, observations of everyday proceedings, notations of changing weather, and interactions amongst visitors all vie to suggest their own piece of the record. Through these varying moments the place begins to transmit some of the aspirations, escapes, and support systems of a nearby community. Relayed through the periodic encounters of a singular visitor, a parallel attempt to develop a relationship to the place and its inhabitants is guiding these observations.
Taking its course, the camera drifts in to the coves and surveys the shorelines of this multi-use reservoir to unearth fragments of its young history and consider a series of possible relationships to this man-made environment. The place suggests an approach to the making; it is a distinct container, shaped both by infrastructural regulations and environmental shifts, so that every physical region proposes a different activity. Direct interview narratives, observations of everyday proceedings, notations of changing weather, and interactions amongst visitors all vie to suggest their own piece of the record. Through these varying moments the place begins to transmit some of the aspirations, escapes, and support systems of a nearby community. Relayed through the periodic encounters of a singular visitor, a parallel attempt to develop a relationship to the place and its inhabitants is guiding these observations.