Recent City Mapping Outcomes:

2002 Exchanges - Manchester:
St Petersburg Research installation at CUBE (Centre for the Understanding of the Built Environment), Manchester. Using a range of modes of presentation to represent and cross-reference research into the use and value of old industrial buildings conducted in Manchester and its twin town St Petersburg. Supported by Edric AV.

2002 Fabrika:
Residency and exhibition at the Red Banner Factory, St Petersburg as part of the emplacements project. Investigating how people in Manchester and St Petersburg view and value old industrial buildings, in terms of their original, subsequent, and planned future use and also as experienced by their occupants. The perspectives of architects, developers and artists in both cities were layered in alongside the experience of actually visiting these spaces. Supported by NWAB, The British Council, Manchester Metropolitan University, University of Central Lancashire.

2001 What's Going on Here?
A Year Of The Artist residency in Piccadilly, Manchester researching current redevelopment. A Video showing archive footage of Piccadilly alongside contemporary recreations with contemporary soundtrack of residents / workers encountered whilst locating original viewpoints. Shown in the Travel Centre in Piccadilly as the area was redeveloped. Funded by Northwest Arts Board and Manchester City Council.

2000 City Mapping Hull:
Commissioned by the Ferens Art Gallery, Hull. Two live views over the city from roof-top cameras aligned with the gallery below; recorded and projected journeys following these sightlines as closely as the built environment allowed; life and times (past, present and future) in the city described by people who live or work where the sight lines and the journeys coincided. Supported by ACE, Yorkshire Arts, University of Central Lancashire.

2000 The Cut:
Commissioned by Mid-Pennine Arts, Burnley, Lancashire. A 6-hour video installation of the landscapes and places passed on a boat journey on the Leeds and Liverpool canal between Blackburn and Barnoldswick. Recorded conversations with people who live or work close to bridges with access to the canal formed the sound track. Also presented at Blackburn Cathedral crypt, Oswaldtwistle Town Hall and the Pendle Heritage Centre, Barrowford. Supported by the ACE, NWAB, University of Central Lancashire, Esmee Fairburn Charitable Trust and others.

1999 By The Way (Publication):
A boxed, concertina book of a journey, a snapshot of England coast to coast generated by the 111 occasions when road conditions brought a car to a halt on a journey from Liverpool to Hull. Personalised by extracts from commentaries by people who live or work at these locations. Funded by artranspennine98, Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of Central Lancashire.

1998 Sometimes:
Live, interactive projections in the window of the Paperchase store in Manchester that recorded, overlaid, froze and faded away images of passers-by during the day and night. Commissioned by Digital Summer.

1998 By The Way:
Can an image of a region be made? Which places and which people are ‘representative’? A journey made from Liverpool to Hull, from hotel to hotel and video-recorded in real time. Wherever the car (and therefore the video) slowed to a halt the occupant of that place was invited to contribute a personal commentary that became the sound track. Shown on TVs in the 4 Forte hotels along the route. Commissioned by artranspennine98.

1997 Now and Again:
Live, interactive video projections capturing the life of Meard Street, Soho. Commissioned by the London International Festival of Theatre ’97.

1995-7 Mapping Values:
Working with professionals and the public to map different evaluations of the grounds of Orleans House, Twickenham, resulting in an on-site sound installation, a guide and an interactive CD-Rom.

1995 Looking Both Ways:
An investigation of the Royal Liver Building – civic symbol and work place. An installation at Tate Liverpool with public contributions. Distributed archive.