UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES

'UNINTENDED CONSEQUENSES'
VIDEO PIECE
DURATION 1:47

THIS LIGHTHEARTED VIEDO PIECE FOCUSES ON THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THE SURROUNDING AREA OF CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS, THE INCREASE IN BUILDINGS AND THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF THIS DEVELOPMENT WHICH CREATES WIND TUNNELS IN BETWEEN TALL STRUCTURES. THIS PIECE WAS INFLUENCED BY MY FOUNDATION YEAR IN LEEDS, THERE HAPPENED TO BE A FATAL ACCIDENT IN WHICH A LORRY OVERTURNED DUE TO HIGH WIND RATE CREATED BY THE RECENT CONSTRUCTION OF THE BRIDGEWATER BUILDING, THE TALLEST BUILDING IN LEEDS.
THIS VIDEO IS A SUBTLE REFLECTION ON HOW THERE IS NOW A CONSTANT BREEZE AROUND ST PANCRAS SQUARE AND BETWEEN ST PANCRAS AND THE NEW GOOGLE DEVELOPMENT. IT IS A GESTURE TO THE SIGNS OF CHANGE AND MOST OF ALL THE RAPID INCREASE OF GENTRIFICATION.





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