Camera Obscura
A short film about the Camera Obscura at Red Road set up by StreetLevel Photoworks and Multi Story. This cultural project delivered a range of historical and arts based programmes for the residents of Red Road Flats and the surrounding neighbourhoods to commemorate, educate, celebrate and mark the end of an era of the Red Road Flats. The project integrated continuous community engagement throughout the 7 to 8 year life cycle of the project as it will run alongside the demolition plan for the whole site.
multi-story artist Iseult Timmermans converted rooms in an empty flat on the Red Road into camera obscura’s. In the living room the image of the Iconic flats wrapped around the walls, while in the bedrooms clouds blow wildly across the floor, tiny cars could be seen scurrying across the ceiling and occasionally seagulls swooped across the whole view. Iseult involved people from across the community in workshop sessions during the Easter holidays, viewing the obscura rooms and then making their own pinhole cameras from old tins and boxes. The camera obscura and pinhole photography demonstrated the simple magic of the photographic process and never failed to amaze and engage people of all ages and backgrounds.
