breakSurface

When sculptor John Greer and filmmaker Stewart Applegath began shooting they had no destination only a desire to journey together in a row boat with camera in hand Over six years they rowed a fair distance breakSurface documents these travels and the extent to which Greers world is leavened with debilitating anxiety Greers powerful sculpture is visually simple conceptually complex but silent he identifies with Jonathan Swifts man of objects who lays out things not words to be understood Applegath however doesnt make this film to replace words but by embracing them