"Lines of Defence" (High Def)

'Lines of Defence' (by Bettina Furnée) when installed on 15th January 2005, consisted of 38 flags in five lines, each one metre apart, positioned on the eroding cliffs 60 m. south of Martello Tower W, East Lane, Bawdsey, Suffolk.

Letters on the flags spelled out SUBMISSION IS ADVANCING AT A FRIGHTFUL SPEED, a text sourced by Simon Frazer for its reference to climate change and the essentially fearful reaction which prompts people to go to war.

A camera was positioned at Martello Tower W, looking south towards the harbours of Felixstowe and Harwich. The tower is less than 10 m. away from the cliff's edge and is the focus of a local campaign to fund sea defences. The camera recorded the progress of the work by taking one image every 15 minutes from 15th January 2005 to 15th January 2006.

The final flag fell from the cliff on 16th September 2005; making the loss of land 14 metres in the first 8 months of 2005. At this point along the coast a total of 17 metres eroded in one full year. To mark this spot one white flag was placed 17 metres from the cliff's edge on 6th January 2006.

Final 30 minute film: http://vimeo.com/5163602
Main site and archive: http://www.ifever.org.uk/camera/
Camera and technical: http://www.2ne1.com

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• timelapse
• time-lapse
• time lapse
• bawdsey
• coastal erosion
• lines of defence
• sea
• erosion
• defences
• shore

[SGTfrogmanxbox]

this happend to my grandma when dhe was standing at the edge of a clif lol jk

[jameskb2]

Submission is advancing at a frightful speed.

Love the message of the flags!

[SheWhoPlays]

Great seeing the LIVING planet LIVING. All land has been everywhere on earth. Call it an extended vacation should you desire. We the people are witness to earth change. Ride

it out. Be brave. There is life after earth. This is our incubator and the earth is cleaning itself. Creator of all Things IsReal. Be enthralled we can see it in present; Still moving on the face of the deep. There is only motion and rest. The earth is in motion. Learn to surf. A Texas native American.

[whitetiger109]

climate change is real, but its a natural planetary cycle

[spillamen1]

wow

[AGoldenWeekend]

wow, that's a lot of erosion for one year!

[Taiven]

That's insane!