WHAT IS THE CITY BUT THE PEOPLE? - MIF

VIDEO & PROJECTION

What is the City but The People?

Machester International Festival
Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester, 2017

http://www.mesmer.co.uk/what-is-the-city-but-the-people-wins-best-event/

The 2017 Manchester International Festival opened with this unique portrait of the people of Manchester, conceived by artist Jeremy Deller. As the working day ended, 200 local residents walked a giant catwalk the length of Piccadilly Gardens over the course of an hour in a celebration of the people of the city.

We worked with Richard Gregory of Quarantine, local photographer Gavin Parry and writer Sonia Hughes to develop a show around the participants, making use of portrait photography and condensed text snippets about their lives, displayed on two giant portrait LED screens hanging over the catwalk.

We folded this in with live remote camera feeds and feeds from the BBC broadcast unit on-site, who livecast the show online

Video Designer - Ian William Galloway
Lead Animator - Letty Fox
Animator - Rafael Vartanian
Lead Animator - Letty Fox
Camera Operator - Benjamin Walden
Video Programmer - Mollie Tuttle
Video Technician - Chris Jackson
Client - Mesmer
Director - Richard Gregory