contact rushes
Romania and Poland 2007

A series of 150 video portraits of meetings and encounters while travelling with Richard Demarco in Poland and Romania, presented at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
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evanescence
Ice/Thaw Norway 2007

Inspired by a trip to Norway to film an ice field, the work is a series of close-up observations of melting ice. The 10 minute video and sound piece has been produced for four screens.
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a landscape symphony in 22 movements
2005/2006

A 25 minute video and sound installation using four framed LCD screens. The work was inspired by the site where Millais painted, 'The Sound of Many Waters' in Perthshire. Exhibited at Art Manchester, The Ruskin Gallery (Cambridge) and Threshold Artspace (Perth).
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source
2005

From a journey to Ben Lui, the source of the River Tay, the United Kingdom's longest river. A series of short moving image sequences, a meditation on the beginnings of things and our desire to reach toward sources.
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BenLui

vortex
2005

A celebration of the form and energy of the vortex. Spirals are a basic form of motion in nature, this work recognises the primal vortex form as a principal system of movement in the universe.
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rainbow
2005

In creating the work 'rainbow', we were led more by a sense of awe at what was unfolding in front of us, than a deep knowledge of the reasons for it occurring. Drawing on Goethe, this piece aims to "to marvel at colour’s occurrences and meanings, to admire and, if possible, to uncover colour’s secrets"
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rainbow

the windmills of innerleithen
2004

The Windmills of Innerleithen is an immersive cinematic environment, with looped, multi-channel projections on 3 walls and surround sound. It premiered in a micro cinema we set up for one week within a small shop in the Scottish Borders town of Innerleithen.
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