Faces
"The Changing Face"
UK, 2007, single-screen installation from DVD, continuous loop
Produced in collaboration with Berwick-upon-Tweed Community High and the Berwick Youth Project.
The Changing Face will be screened onto the Royal Tweed Bridge for the first three days of the Festival and then subsequently shown in other parts of the town, including the façade of the old Playhouse Cinema in Sandgate (other venues to be confirmed).
Commissioned as part of the Welcome Project for Dott 07 (Designs of the time 07), delivered in partnership with the Design Council and One North East. It will also be exhibited as part of the Dott 07 Festival, 16–28 October, at Baltic Square, Gateshead.
The Changing Face is a celebration of Berwick’s contemporary society – specifically its youth – providing an alternative to Berwick’s past and its much-celebrated heritage culture. This large-scale outdoor projected installation will be sited at the juncture of Berwick’s points of transit, the crossing of its three famous bridges with the River Tweed, the geographical division between England and Scotland. It will consist of a dramatic series of morphing portraits and text, suspended under the central arch of the Royal Tweed Bridge, creating a mirror image through its reflection in the river below. Seen from the Old Bridge and Quayside, it will offer a complex and socially dynamic welcome for the visitor, one that is not solely based on history, but complemented by a focus on the present and future potential of the region.
Created with the participation of over 200 young people between the ages of 14 and 18, the project is a collaboration with the community to create a spectacular event that focuses on Berwick’s contemporary society, producing a collective ‘face’ whilst still recognizing difference.
Royal Tweed Bridge
Friday 21 21.00 – 23.00
Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 20.00 – 23.30
Production and artistic direction: Marcus Coates and Huw Davies
Editing and digital post-production: Roger Buck
Technical manager: Martin Warden / hi-lights
Executive producers for Culture 10: Stella Hall and David Bilton
View a short film of The Changing Face event here. (If the Movie does not load, you might require the QuickTime Plugin for your browser. You can find your plugin here)
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