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).
Prop Cues
digital diptych
(work in progress)
Two films, side by side, playing together simultaneously, in a continuous palindromic loop - forwards, backwards, forwards, backwards, forwards, backwards...indefinitely.
Each film features an individual soundtrack that forms a composition when played together. Based on where the viewer stands, they determine the stereo mix of high and low-end sounds to create their own listening experience.
Soundtracks co-composed with Will Heasman
PASSWORD TO VIEW WORK IN PROGRESS: Muriel
Please note that this test video is solely for the purposes of developing the work and to show an example of Anna's collaboration with Will. Here, raw footage has been spliced to play side by side in a single frame, which means the two test soundtracks play in stereo and the palindromic transitions have not been edited. The finished work will be two individual films with individual soundtracks, intended to be played together simultaneously.