Video Installations

Two video artists, Joanna Millett and Debby Akam, spent a month filming in Skipton and made two pieces of work which were both screened over the weekend. Joanna created 'Comings & Goings' a video of pictures and sounds of Skipton High Street, mixing old photographs with current scenes. In a picture from almost a century ago, cattle filled the street where now cars and lorries dominate. Over the years, shops change to reflect the demands of the present day - although it seems people will always want a cup of tea. The work was screened in the Town Hall. Debby Akam makes video installations outside conventional gallery spaces. She screened her work, 'Exchange', in five windows in the High Street shop, Jumpers. The five video loops presented a continuous juxtaposition of relationships where urban meets rural in an intimate way. The dynamic images of change and flux link the commercial exchanges of the market place with the elemental transformation of raw materials to food.