Dancing With The Orange Dog

As part of the 154 Collective I am currently involved in the development of an eclectic theatre show which includes elements from a wide range of art practices, including photography, animation and film, through to the drawn line and dance. 

‘Dancing with the Orange Dog’ will tour three North of England venues in early 2013 and is being made under the umbrella of the ‘Routes North’ initiative. The venues are; Theatre in the Mill - Bradford, The Lowry - Salford and The Arc - Stockton. Keep up to date with developments via the 154 Website and Blog.

Horse Drawn Journeys - a new and exciting project

I am about to begin a very exciting project which will see myself and Fabric Lenny using a range of professional filmmaking techniques, digital media, new technologies and visual arts to capture the journey of a horse drawn canal boat traveling from Leeds to Saltaire, along the Leeds to Liverpool Canal. This is the first time in 60 years that a horse has pulled a canal boat along this stretch of canal and I am very excited to get the opportunity to document it and produce creative works in response to the journey and the canal environment. Whilst investigating the route last week I could not resist taking pictures on my iPhone and I thought I would share a few ahead of the project....keep checking back for more images and further information on the project and the exhibition of produced works.

Fib And Archie's Monster Machine

I am currently part way through an exciting animation project working with Year 9 pupils from Carlton Bolling School, Bradford and Year 2 children from Fagley Primary School. The pupils are working together to produce a short animation based on the Fibonacci Sequence. The Fibonacci Sequence is a series of recurring numbers starting at 0. Each Finonacci number is the sum of the previous two numbers in the sequence and begins as follows... 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21 etc The pupils have developed a script which cleverly incorporates these numbers in a shop and factory setting run by Mr Fib and Dr Archie. Here is a still from today's animation set - the monster making machine. I will upload more as we progress through the animation which is looking great!

Mr Fib and Dr Archie's Monster Making Machine

Fire Dancing

I attended a fabulous community event at the weekend in Bradford which involved live music, projections and lots of fire..... fire juggling, fire dancing, lanterns, candles and much more. Here are some long exposure images I took of the fire dancing which was superb!

Fire Dancing in Bradford

Fire Dancing in Bradford

Fire Dancing in Bradford

Fire Dancing in Bradford

Fire Dancing in Bradford