DiG Project - Urban Futures
project description
As part of the DiG Project for Penrith City Council in 2018, I collaborated with four other creatives (two composers, a cinematographer and a video artist) to devise a creative project, Urban Futures (2018) to highlight the effects of heat and climate change in one of the hottest regions of the state. Collectively we conceived a three-part video and music presentation that stressed the advantages of tree canopy cover, utilising the capabilities of each music composer in seperate sections accompanied by compelling video footage. I worked in close collaboration with visual digital artist Neil Hawkins to conceive of the central ‘Urban Jungle’ sequence that visually echoed the effect of heat maps and thermal imaging by employing 1980s-themed ‘vapour wave’ imagery designed by Neil, combined with my own music composition that drew on urban and cultural influences of the area.
