Video installations and short films shown in galleries or at group screenings
The Water Babies |
Seven Streams |
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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 |
Archery Border |
A Guide to Yorkshire Rivers |
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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 |
Wind Tunnel |
Green City |
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1-minute film of torn black plastic in a gale |
4 films for The Bradford Grid, 2008 |
In Flux |
Small Blue Tree |
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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 |
Undertow |
River Gauge |
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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 |
Water Sign |
Silver Screen |
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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 |
Some things seem to last forever, sometimes things change so fast |
Stepping Stone |
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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 |