Description Exercise

The river winds through a landscape of decaying and growing organic matter: the cycle of
life exemplified. The river has no water running through it, so it is just a wet riverbed. That’s exactly what the 3 meter-long water track leading to an iron drain seems to imitate in every way, save the size. Dead leaves litter the “banks” of the waterway, and tufts of delicate grass push up through the muddy tracks. A pattern reminiscent of the Nazca lines appears nearby, but is revealed to be the imprint of the sole of a Vans shoe only. The watermarks indicate a fork in the flow of water, with a raised median separating them, only to have them reconnect shortly after to enter the western-facing side of the drain. The bed of the water way is worn smooth, and small pebbles have collected at the beginning and end of the flow. It is perfect in its imperfectness.