New Zealand artist Michael Smither (well known for his idiosyncratic realist paintings, eg. Rocks With Mountain) is a man of many theories and ideas. This film, made for TV, documents his experiments rebuilding eroded beaches around Taranaki with driftwood. Only partially successful, these experiments nonetheless reveal Smither as something of a visionary. They contrast with the New Plymouth City Council's own efforts to check sand erosion, and twenty-four years later, Smither's less orthodox methods look the more sensible, and sustainable.
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