More details have been released today about what to expect at Made in Hull, which will kick off Hull UK City of Culture 2017.
Everyone is invited to this landmark event, which is free and will run from Sunday 1 until Saturday 7 January.
Beginning at 4pm each evening, local, national and international artists will use large-scale projection on buildings, soundscapes, site-specific art installations, archive footage, animation and interactive live performance to transform city centre streets and buildings to tell the story of the city and its people over the last 75 years.
Creative director, the Hull born, BAFTA-nominated documentary film-maker Sean McAllister has been working alongside the writer Rupert Creed, production designer Ala Lloyd, lighting designer Durham Marenghi and composer and sound designer Dan Jones to create this specially commissioned event with the made in Hull team. Inspired by the city, its history and people, Made in Hull takes its cue from the tradition of son et lumière, which uses sound and light to transform the public realm with images and stories.
Artists helping to create Made in Hull include local visual artist Helga Gift; Hull-born artist Preston Likely; local lens-based artist Quentin Budworth; Hull-born BAFTA winning, Oscar nominated producer Chris Hees; imitating the dog, who mix live performance and technology and are working with Hull-born composer Terence Dunn; innovative animation director and video designer Zsolt Balogh; interactive arts company Invisible Flock; film and photography studio Sodium; makeAMPLIFY, a collaboration between dance artist Jennifer Irons and audio visual artist Zach Walker; Jesse Kanda, who works in video, music and digital art; multimedia experimentalists Urban Projections;
Design and production are well underway to transform sites around the city. Hundreds of people from across Hull have played a part in the development of Made in Hull, as a result of being interviewed, filmed and providing archive material to help capture different aspects of the city’s story. This includes its role as place of arrivals and departures; the Second World War; the fishing industry; rising and falling unemployment; nightclubbing; and sport, including rugby and football.
As part of the programme development Quentin Budworth has been capturing images for his ‘Hullywood’ project, which will be part of the show, whilst Invisible Flock have been recording on the Hessle Road and Springbank and are due to record Hull City AFC fans chants at upcoming games against West Bromwich and Newcastle for a special sound installation.
Locations for the installations and projections include Queen Victoria Square, Zebedee’s Yard, Whitefriargate, Silver Street, Scale Lane Staith, High Street, Myton Bridge underpass, the Deep and Humber Street. Over the seven evenings audiences will be able to join the trail from any starting point.
They will be able to come for an hour or more, spend the whole evening and make return visits throughout Made in Hull’s run.
Martin Green, CEO and Director, Hull 2017, said:
“Made in Hull will be a thrilling, evocative and thought-provoking start to Hull’s year as UK City of Culture. It is inspired by the concept of the son et lumière, but with one of the finest documentary filmmakers working today at the helm it will be a bit different – as you might expect in Hull.”
“Everyone is invited and we hope that as many of Hull’s 260,000 residents as possible will want to experience this ambitious project. It is deeply rooted in the city’s culture and heritage and paves the way for a year in which people will look at the city with fresh eyes.”
Made in Hull is free, unticketed and suitable for people of all ages. Cafés, restaurants, bars and shops are due to open in the city centre on 1 January, so people are being encouraged to make a day of it.
East Yorkshire Motor Services and Stagecoach have also confirmed that they will be running a special bus service on the day.
City centre car parks will also be open, although people are being urged to use public transport wherever possible and plan their journeys to and from the event.
