ERASED CITY - Site analysis : rising water levels

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The still frames of a stop-motion video show the rise and fall of the tide at Walbrook Wharf over a 10 hour period of time.
The tide can be read as a metaphor for a force which cyclically comes and goes, which brings and takes things away. Since water is one of the primal elements and can be regarded as a purifying, reviving element, revealing the lost river Walbrook will act as a healing vessel for the dying City of London.