In transition screen shot- Kirkstall Chemicals
In Transition is a collaboration between both Lucy Tucker ( Creative Contemporary Practice- at Leeds Met) and myself. We both met and talked about the previous projects we had done about the city speaking about the potential of using video to create city interventions. The project we developed was inspired by the Leeds debate: 'Is Leeds going in the right direction 'which took place on February the 28th at Leeds University. We researched and networked with the people we met at the debate thinking about why it took place and the possible short term changes we could make as artists/ inhabitants whilst living in the city of Leeds.
Leading on from this we decided to explore the way derelict buildings were seen and the potential for their uses as urban playgrounds- to showcase work in. These short term changes to buildings in transition can help the regeneration process of the city through giving life to dormant areas and highlighting the uncanny beauty within these spaces that were set to be demolished.
Our response to these derelict spaces was to capture them through high definition video and see how we could manipulate and compose the footage to produce a contemporary art piece which highlights the continual creation of new Leeds is facing. This was the first phase to the project. The message we wanted to put across through the experimental video is to highlight and observe the changes Leeds is going through, challenging the way we see derelict buildings, why they have become derelict and future of the developments- student flats, office buildings- the movement of past to future. We will be finding a derelict building to screen the video piece in this will be announced shortly and will be filmed as apart of our degree show submission.
For more info check out the : Iwww.intransitionleeds.blogspot.com
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