UNKNOWN UNKNOWNS (2020) is a project bringing together patient ambassadors for Blood Cancer UK and stem cell researchers working at the Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre. Through a series of stop-motion animation workshops held via Zoom, participants developed hand-cut animation sequences exploring their experiences of ‘the unknown’ in relation to living with blood cancer, the challenges of research and the global uncertainties of Covid-19. Animation materials included paper, velvet and issues of National Geographic published in 1960, the year Blood Cancer UK officially became a charity.
Commissioned by the Wellcome - MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute as part of its Public Engagement programme, project outcomes include an animated film featuring participants’ stop-motion sequences (Futuramic Unknown, 2020) and an installation for the Jeffery Cheah Biomedical Center at Cambridge Biomedical Campus (The Night the Mountains Moved, 2020).
PERFECT DAY
Serialised radio programme
2017
A series of micro-documentaries made by inviting people to divulge to a complete stranger their idea of a 'perfect day'. The resulting conversations are surprisingly intimate and candid, revealing fantasies that range from simple and heartfelt to humorous and grand.
Co-commissioned by Cambridge Junction and Cambridge City Council for Hunt & Darton's 24 Radio Local; originally broadcast on Cambridge 105 FM