"Follow signs for London Orbital and consciousness takes a dive. It is auto-aversion therapy. Attempt the full circuit and you'll never drive again." This is a quote from Iain Sinclair, the inspiration for Vaux film Turbulence at the Boundary.
The M25 is 120 miles or thereabouts of road looping round London often known as a car park due to its clogged lanes of traffic. This film from Vaux turns a trip round the M25 into a meditation on ourselves, on our cities and on God finding turbulence at the boundary. It was originally created as part of a series of experimental films for silent worship at Greenbelt Festival. It lasts for 20 minutes. If you do want to create a soundtrack, each of the film's sections was envisaged by Vaux to have the following tunes (see the film credits) - Scratch bass by Lamb | 9'25" by Global Communications | Pakard by Plastikman | Insensatez by Robert Wyatt | One by Lamb. But anything instrumental and urban would work nicely we suspect. The film is shot on Super8 and has four sequences/meditations: Looking back Looking Out Looking in Looking forward
If you live in the UK London's M25 is iconic. If you are elsewhere it's urban spirituality that we hope will connect. See www.vaux.net for further resources.
