Documentation of the R&D process for The Common Line project March-September 2018. A partnership project between Blind Ditch, Controlled Frenzy, and Geography at University of Exeter with support from Rural Recreation. Funded by AHRC-EPSRC this R&D was kindly supported by University of Cumbria.

The Common Line - AHRC-EPSRC R&D

The Common Line

The Common Line R&D process

A participatory arts project developed from crowd-sourced creative writings by bus passengers about their journies on the D bus in Exeter. Commissioned by University of Exeter, Arts and Culture 2018 in partnership with Stagecoach.

D-tour: thoughts looking sidewards

D-Tour: thoughts looking sidewards

D-Tour: thoughts looking sidewards – single channel video

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Colourful interactive map of Buckland estate in Newton Abbot

HappeningHere!Map

Happening Here!

An interactive map of Buckland

Culture & Review On Phonic Fm: August 2015: Culture Hour – O-B-A-F-G Special

O-B-A-F-G

Collaborative audio work and radio documentary

A short edit of This City's Centre, 3. Here Now, a performance incorporating live video streaming, staged between a third-floor office space in Princesshay, Exeter and the streets and homes of the city. This City's Centre was a digital triptych for Exeter. Developed by Blind Ditch in 2013 in partnership with Exeter Phoenix, RAMM, Exeter College and funded by Arts Council England, Exeter City Council and Arts and Culture at University of Exeter.

Performers in order of appearance: Phil Smith, Katy Villa, Jonny Rowden, Students from Exeter College, Jane Mason, Lizzy Humber. Music is from Consort of Fower Parts composed by Matthew Locke in Exeter 1660 ca. played by Cat Radford on accordian outside Exeter Cathedral. Camera by Philibert Patricot. Edit Volkhardt Müller.

This City's Centre 3. Here,Now

This City’s Centre

This City’s Centre 3. Here, Now – video trailer

Volkhardt Müller (Blind Ditch) and John Wylie (Cultural Geography, University of Exeter) discuss This City's Centre 1. Window

Private Views and Public Art

A long journey through the city centre shopping centre livens up the morning (August, 2008).

Global Player - the long play

Global Player

Global Player – the long play

A 24 minute documentary on the process and impact of the project including interviews with partners and collaborators. Filmed in 2007 in PAL!

VANLAND Documentary

VANLAND

VANLAND documentary about our working process 2004-07

Short video work using 'home movie' footage created to be used in the performance and installation 'Who Wants to be a Hero Now' in 2006. Edit Volkhardt Mueller, sound John Levack Drever, words Natalie Mcgrath performed by Cat Radford. Child Lena Mueller.

Divine

Who Wants to be a Hero Now?

Divine – video used in the 2006 installation

Young graffiti artist Spike gives our caravan a face-lift. Too many people on country fairs have been suspecting we're selling caravans. No more of that from now on!

VANLAND Trailer 2006

VANLAND trailer 2006

A collection of documents and media produced over the course of 20+ years.

An interactive story about an unusual journey through Bodmin. Created from ideas, drawings, and memories contributed by local residents.

Crowd Sourced

Interactive Fiction

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We began this participatory project being taken on walking tours by local residents in early 2020. We learned about Bodmin&#8217;s hidden histories, it&#8217;s local stories, and people&#8217;s ideas for the future of the town. What started out being a community film making project, was transformed through the impact of the Covid 19 pandemic into a postcard exchange, online quiz and remote drawing workshops. We crafted this interactive story from everyone&#8217;s contributions. Suitable for adults and children.

Flashing images of a hand drawn St Petroc's Church and the Beacon monument in Bodmin

A view of the Beacon monument in Bodmin with a deep blue sky in the background

The Beacon monument, Bodmin

Project conceived and delivered by Paula Crutchlow and Volkhardt Müller. With many thanks to all the people of Bodmin whose ideas were the inspiration for this story.
Cornish translation and voice acting is by Will Coleman. Sound design is by Lena Müller.
Project assistant was Adie Dove Armstrong. Made with the help of University of Exeter intern Alice Walters, and University of Plymouth graduate interns Chiara Grassi and Jenny Tang whose work was made possible by the iMayflower scheme.
Project branding is by Jamie Baldwin.
Commissioned by <a href="https://www.intobodmin.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">intoBodmin</a> and funded by the Arts Council England Lottery Fund.

A close up of a granite stone that commemorates the Cornish Rebellion of 1497 with a dog walking past it

The Cornish Rebellion Stone, Bodmin

The Turret Clock on Fore Street in Bodmin

The Turret Clock, Bodmin

A old stone carving at the end of Arnold's Passage in Bodmin

Stone carving, Arnold’s Passage in Bodmin

Flowering blackberry bushes growing through the gap in a fence on Fore Street in Bodmin