Slipsteam : by David Cotterrell

24 May-30 Jul 2011

Overview

Peckham Space presents Slipstream, a specially commissioned film from artist David Cotterrell, which maps social, geographical and personal histories of North Peckham. It takes North Peckham residents’ narratives of how their landscape has changed over the last 30 years as its starting point. Slipstream is partially filmed from the air using a specially-constructed miniature stunt helicopter and presented as a two screen installation. The camera swoops from ground-level to lofty heights tracking these parallel, remembered journeys from the air in a series of ‘fly-throughs’, exploring airspace previously occupied by buildings and relaying back lost views of Peckham and the wider area. This filmic journey layers and combines found footage as well as photographic and printed material supplied by the participants. It maps architectural changes and overlays memories of individuals, exploring what residents have expressed as a ‘missing identity’ for the area.