Drifting in search of lagoons

From the collection of

Northern Ireland Screen's Digital Film Archive
Launched in 2000, Northern Ireland Screen’s Digital Film Archive spans from 1897 to the present day and currently contains an ever-expanding catalogue of 13,000 items. It comprises material from a variety of depositors including feature films, sport, documentaries, animation, amateur footage, light entertainment, and a significant proportion of broadcast material from the UTV Archive.

Drifting in search of lagoons


Traverse the manmade lagoons of Belfast Harbour to discover the accidental bird sanctuaries amongst this highly industrialised landscape.

Join Aoife Desmond on a series of drift walks amongst the manmade lagoons of Belfast Harbour. Although few humans were encountered, this highly industrialised wasteland is dominated by signs of human presence. Within this inhospitable terrain the residues of a natural landscape have continued in tandem with its marine life and tidal cycles captured by her super 8 camera. For the first time this film can be experienced with a new soundtrack by anti-architect Keef Winters.

This short film was made while on an artist residency at 'Space Delawab' in Belfast as part of Aoife Desmond's interdisciplinary project and exhibition 'Making Journeys Without Maps'. Her walks mainly traversed a highly industrialised terrain not usually walked through, this film is a residue of these walks. Space Delewab was a Victorian house in the suburbs of south Belfast. It was transformed into an arts venue by the musicians and curators that lived there (Ciara Hickey, Claire Hall and Keef Winters). During its brief and exciting existence the house was transformed into a gallery, theatre, film set and race track.


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