COLLUSION 2019 PAVILIONS //
CHARLES HOLLAND ARCHITECTS​ (2 MIN DOC)

Director/producer (self-shooting) & editing / music : Gavin Toomey

In April 2019, Collusion 2019 showcased an exploration of emerging technology through extraordinary art.

We were commissioned to create a number of documentaries, from trailers to individual films.

​Produced by: Beautiful Train Ltd. 2019

COLLUSION // SHOWCASE 2019​ (10 MIN DOC)

Director/producer (self-shooting) & editing / original music : Gavin Toomey

In April 2019, Collusion 2019 showcased an exploration of emerging technology through extraordinary art.

We were commissioned to create a number of documentaries, from trailers to individual films.

​Produced by: Beautiful Train Ltd. 2019


COLLUSION 2019  //
DOOMSDAY BLOCKCHAIN // DDBC​ (2 MIN DOC)

Director/producer (self-shooting) & editing / music : Gavin Toomey

​Produced by: Beautiful Train Ltd. 2019

COLLUSION 2019  //
ABOVE THE SURFACE  // ABOVE&BELOW​ (2 MIN DOC)

Director/producer (self-shooting) & editing / music : Gavin Toomey

​Produced by: Beautiful Train Ltd. 2019

COLLUSION 2019 //
DATACOSM // JO LAWRENCE​ (2 MIN DOC)

Director/producer (self-shooting) & editing : Gavin Toomey

​Produced by: Beautiful Train Ltd. 2019

COLLUSION 2019  //
2030 // CROWDED ROOM​ (2 MIN DOC)

Director/producer (self-shooting) & editing / music : Gavin Toomey

Produced by: Beautiful Train Ltd. 2019

COLLUSION 2019 //
MY FINGERS DISTENDED... // ADHAM FARAMAWY ​ (2 MIN DOC)

Director/producer (self-shooting) & editing : Gavin Toomey

​Produced by: Beautiful Train Ltd. 2019

Collusion // REVEAL 2019 - (13 MINUTE DOC)
REVEAL was a Collusion project developed and devised in King's Lynn, Norfolk, UK Nov/Dec 2018. The first 'active reality' project of its kind, REVEAL combined live performance, large-scale projection, and augmented reality. The project was Executive Produced by Simon Poulter and Rachel Drury, with a team of 36 artists working across disciplines.
Documentary film: director & producer  (self-shooting) & editor: Gavin Toomey
Music by Sandy Nuttgens, Matmos and Carter/Tutti.
Full credits for the REVEAL project can be found at www.revealkl.com. REVEAL was supported by Arts Council England, Borough of West Norfolk & King's Lynn, Discover King's Lynn, Norfolk County Council and the Combined Authority for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
Film production Company: Beautiful Train Ltd. 2019

Collusion - Bury St Edmunds

On Friday 20th April 2018, for one weekend only, Collusion challenged three teams of creatives to develop ideas to reframe Bury St Edmunds. Each chose to investigate the way our data is collected and playfully interacted with. Here's what happened http://www.collusion.org.uk/bury-st-edmunds​​​​​​​

Director / Producer (self-shooting) & Editing / Music: Gavin Toomey

            Collusion Team:  Simon Poulter, Rachel Drury
                   Clare Green, Rich Hall, Catherine Slack, Alex Byford & Marcus Romer
The in_collusion programme is supported by Arts Council England Ambition for Excellence fund, the Greater Cambridge, Greater Peterborough LEP, and tech partners, Arm and Cambridge Consultants. In addition, this project is supported by West Suffolk Council, West Suffolk College and Our Bury St Edmunds.
Film production Company: Beautiful Train Ltd. 2018

Collusion - King's Lynn

On Friday 29th September 2017, for one weekend only, Collusion presented a one-off showcase of four exciting, experimental arts projects working with the projectors in King’s Lynn town centre. Here's what happened. http://www.collusion.org.uk/kingslynn

Self-Shooting Director / Producer & Editing / Music: Gavin Toomey

            Collusion Team:  Simon Poulter, Rachel Drury
                   Clare Green, Rich Hall, Marcus Romer, Lewis Anderson

Film production Company: Beautiful Train Ltd. 2017
Voyager
Gavin Toomey directed/produced films and surround music for this experiment in volumetric projection / sound. It was part of a Collusion R&D challenge presented over the weekend of 29th Sept-1st Oct 2017, for one weekend only.
'Voyager' is a spatial narrative about an AI becoming sentient, based around, on and in Greyfriars Tower, a 13th century Franciscan Monastery in Kings Lynn, Norfolk. Gavin developed this concept over three Months as a collaboration with programmer/designer Pete Cleary and amateur journalist/historian Beatrice Bray.

Photographs by Matthew Usher http://www.matthewusherphotography.com
Voyager - Pergola Films
Film and Music/Audio by Gavin Toomey
Two films were created from footage Gavin filmed at the King's Lynn Town Hall Archives.
Interactive elements designed and programmed by Pete Cleary were later overlayed in real time over this film, to incorporate the visiting audience into the central hexagon, Voyager's eye, resonating with the tower's hexagonal structure.
This interaction was then reflected in the audience's 'data' being absorbed, triggering films - animated by Pete - onto the main tower.
The films led the audience on a circular story path to the Tower, with the narrative climaxing "Under the Tower" and an immersive, volumetric light projection using large smoke machines creating a hologram effect. The love story was based on a 6 line poem Gavin wrote, structured as palindrome verses.
Voyager "Voice": GToomey & Jenny Dowdell. Many thanks to Luke Shackell, King's Lynn Borough Archivist.
The in_collusion programme is supported by Arts Council England Ambition for Excellence fund, the Greater Cambridge, Greater Peterborough LEP, and tech partners, Arm and Cambridge Consultants. In addition, this project is supported by King's Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council
PERGOLA 1
PERGOLA 2



Collusion - 1 minute 'Teaser' of the full film above

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