THE WIZARD & THE MECHANIC (2025)
by Adventure Arts
Adventure Arts is a performance and arts organisation based in Todmorden, West Yorkshire. Their latest show, The Wizard & The Mechanic, is a mixture of street theatre and participatory performance, where audience members are invited to turn into fantastical creatures where no amounts of silliness ever feels too much.
Below is a trailer and some photography I produced for them.
"The heart of a piano, four violins, a rubber band, a door spring, an infrared Theremin, an analogue synth, a Nose Tester, some hacked Bass Drives, and a slinky; played by you with motorised mechanical agitators upcycled from dead computers."
In these videos for Noisy Toys we tried to capture the unquestionable madness of an artist's creation that defies expectations.
Raw analogue circuitry, electro-motors, mechanical systems and found acoustic objects built into a mechanelectracoustic contraption.
Designed by artist Steve Summers and commissioned by Landlines and Watermarks, in partnership with 509 Arts. Filmed during Bradford Science Festival 2017.
A film promoting Manchester's Peoples History Museum learning programme. Featuring two workshops which support the building of confidence, skills and knowledge so participants can communicate their ideas and make changes to the world.
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