In September 2007 we were commissioned, along with Brighton based photographer Tom Wichelow, to produce a large scale work in Stoke-on-Trent for Place Space and Identity, a programme of temporary arts projects providing opportunities for artists and the general public to respond to the social, economic and environmental changes taking place in North Staffordshire.

Having visited and travelled through the six towns that comprise Stoke-On-Trent we decided to make a series of video works in response to varying facets of the city at a pivotal time in it’s history. The videos explore differing means of production and viewing; time-lapse, slow motion, stereoscopic images, multi-screen projections, and were screened across the city over a period of a week: In essence a temporary city wide video installation. Some of the spaces were specific to the videos shown, others were re-appropriating spaces within the city and temporarily assigning a new usage - disused factories, empty shops, park cafes.

Cinema, as opposed to television, is a fundamentally social media where emotions and ideas are shared concurrently. We hoped that people would search out the videos and share in a communal experience, possibly going to parts of the city that they wouldn't necessarily usually visit. We wanted to expose potentialities and promote discourse about regeneration and the role that artists can play.

Details if the individual films can be found below.

THIS WAY three channel, 31 mins

A multiscreen panoramic high speed journey through the city from Meir to Tunstall, through Longton, Fenton, Stoke, Penkhull, Cliff Vale, Hanley, Burslem and Middleport.

LATENT single channel, 15 mins

A series of 24 hour time-lapse video sequences shot in a disused pottery in Hanley, a homage to an industry that once was, exposing the stillness inherent in a once busy workplace awaiting new usage in a post-industrial city.

WRESTLE single channel stereoscopic (3D) video, 10 mins

Slow motion stereoscopic video of British Wrestling Alliance training session in Fenton, featuring a specially commissioned soundtrack by Claudia Molitor.

ONE ALL two channels, 8 mins

Shot at the two football clubs in Stoke-on-Trent - Port Vale and Stoke City - One All shows fans at both grounds performing the same rituals on match day, a metaphor for commonalities in the human condition between different communities.

SURROUNDS single channel stereoscopic (3D) video, 15 mins

Stereoscopic video looking towards the sky through trees at Moddershall Oaks and Trentham Gardens, on the outskirts of Stoke-on-Trent. With binaural sound recordings.