Digital Shorts Archive - THE LIGHT SURGEONS

A collection of award winning short films projects

Digital Shorts

Sowei mask: Spirit of Sierra Leone

Audio visual film for British Museum exhibition

2013
Added Value?

A set of documentary films created for the Crafts Council's touring exhibition 'Added Value?'

2012
SCHLIMAZELTOV!

Award winning short by director Chris Allen exploring the concept of luck or "mazel" through London's Jewish community

2009
TRUTH MOVEMENTS

Short documentary film that unearths a tangled web of conspiracies and divergent views surrounding the events of 911

2008
HOME

A 3 Minute Wonder for Channel 4 exploring our collective search for self through our understanding of the notion of "home"

2008
EIGHT QUESTIONS

A short animated film exploring environmental issues produced through a collaborative 10 day workshop in Sapporro Japan

2008
COLLECTING A KALEIDOSCOPE

a short documentary film for a touring exhibition that explores the personal collections of one of the crafts council's founders: Ralph Turner

2008
JERWOOD APPLIED ARTS PRIZE

Series of video portraits for a jewellery exhibition

2008
THE CHIMERA PROJECT: NEWCASTLE & GATESHEAD

Digital film project created through a unique collaboration with local artists from Newcastle and Gateshead

2007
THE LIVING SCREEN

Promotional film for proposed public art project in Camden Town designed by Ron Arad

2003
IN PASSING

Award winning animated digital short exploring the psycho-geography of inner city Manchester

2003
THE CHIMERA PROJECT: MIDDLESBROUGH

Digital film project mapping the city of Middlesborough created through a unique open source collaboration with local artists

2003
LG VU

Pitch film made to communicate wireless computer concept for LG by designer Ron Arad

2002
THE DRAKE MUSIC PROJECT

Short film documenting creative workshop and performance art project with a group of disabled musicians

2002
THE CITY OF HOLLOW MOUNTAINS

Documentary short tracing the journey of a Venice Beach street philosopher from the west to the east coast of the USA

2001
ECHELON

Short journalistic film about surveillance by investigating the issues surrounding US Menwith Hill Airbase in Northfolk

2000
THUMBNAIL EXPRESS

Experimental documentary short film tracing the tangential journeys of a Venice Beach street philosopher across the USA

2000
REEL 9

Audio visual track made for the Mixmasters TV series that deconstructs The Light Surgeons tools and processes

2000