Art projects

Video installations and short films shown in galleries or at group screenings

Films

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2-channel video and audio installation inspired by episodes from Charles Kingsley's novel The Water Babies, 3 minutes

4 films charting the course of Bradford Beck and its tributaries

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A journey along the Archery Border at Harewood House, in late summer bloom

3-screen simultaneous video projection following the Rivers Aire, Wharfe and Ouse to their tidal confluence in East Yorkshire

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1-minute film of torn black plastic in a gale

4 films for The Bradford Grid, 2008

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Film about 3 members of the Flux ceramics group,commissioned by Fabric for the Bradford Big Screen 2007

A cockatiel sings in the branches of an artificial Christmas tree whilst nibbling an envelope from HMRC

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Trapped in a whirlpool below The Strid on the River Wharfe, the submerged camera records a world of violent movement and intense colour beyond the limits of normal perception

A static camera records the tide rising against a depth marker on the Ouse Estuary at Blacktoft. As the camera is gradually engulfed, reference points and focus are dissolved into a new, wholly abstract environment

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Imagery of a moorland stream in spate (part of the Humber catchment) contrasted with the construction of a new tidal lagoon on the Humber itself

Pedestrians and cars pass in front of a fountain in central Bradford, rendered as abstract shapes through a long telephoto lens

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An evolving film for The Bradford Grid, juxtaposing symbols of tradition and continuity in the environment with new housing developments. There is also an off-road interlude at Manywells Quarry.

A waterborne camera heads confidently for a gap between the stones