Lamplighters
Before dusk, three keepers wade into the pond and mop the daylight off its surface, wringing it into the lamps they carry on their backs. Two lamps catch. The third keeper has no lamp at all, and still she mops. What happens when the last of the day is lifted from the water is the reason they came.
From Tethered Garden: sixteen films of one garden that has begun to look back.
Tethered Garden, 2026. Single take, 28 seconds, 1920 × 1080, with sound. No. 04 of sixteen.
- CollectionTethered Garden
- Number04 of 16
- HourEvening into night
- Length28 seconds
- Format1920 × 1080, with sound