If the line is a dot that went for a walk then this is the still figure that became animated in Stanley town. 2d animation in a 3d world, and getting the people into the animation. This is not quite an animation, as Magritte might have put it; it is precariously balanced on a liminal line between being active and dormant, alive and inanimate. The treachery of images, the duplicity of movement, it hopes to conjure a sense of the uncanny. It is a work of affordance. Making an artwork in a public space that is supported by and part of that space. This work was partly made by Thom Sansom, Anton Hecht, Christopher Folwell and Jason Berge. With the people of Stanely, and 'No More Nowt'.

Today is the anniversary of the Millenium Bridge in Gateshead and what better way to mark this occasion than an animation. What is an animation though? The bridge is in the world, so why not an animation in the world. This is the outcome, the product from the relational days of exchange, T-shirts for participation. This is an animation of the world, in the world, and apart from the world. We set ourselves some challenges here, as to how to make what is a participatory and communal animation. It isn't really stop motion, as the participants are in the work for bursts of frames. Materially, the t-shirts, and their crumpledness at times, highlights the task we undertook, the obstacles and rules we put in place, and create the aesthetic; but also alter and effect the flow, reveal the difficulty of the undertaking. There is a lot going on in this just over a minute. This work was as much about the doing, as about the conclusion. Thanks to Thom Sansom , Anton Hecht, Jason Berge and to the Gateshead arts team.

This work has been created as part of the Rising Stars partnership between Northumbria University and the National Trust at Seaton Delaval Hall, funded by @HeritageFundUK. Facebook: @nationaltrustseatondelavalhall Instagram: @seatondevavalhallnt National Lottery Heritage Fund: Facebook: @HeritageFundUK Instagram: @heritagefunduk

An introduction video to Cambridge Digital Library

Animation using stencils I made brought to life with the lovely people around Gateshead and Newcastle breathing on them to create my piece for Gateshead Library