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Magic Lanterns - Nocturnal Fauna

Digital Art

Mini Pico Projections, Playful

Macclesfield

  • Nocturnal Fauna was a trail of eight beautiful and intriguing mini-projections hidden in the nooks and crannies of Macclesfield town centre.

    Families were invited to discover the secret, Magic Lantern projections, and watch as a host of enchanting dancing animals play in their magical winter habitats.  Audiences could listen to a specially-composed soundtrack composed especially for each character.  The music was accessed via QR codes, triggered on the back of the magic lanterns.

    Nocturnal Fauna was designed as a town centre trail, easing families back into public spaces, following covid lock-downs.  It was programmed as part of Macclesfield LIT festival.

  • Commissioned by:

    Macclesfield Town Council

    In Association with:

    The Hamilton Project

    It inhabited:

    LIT Festival, Macclesfield

    Photo documentation by:

    Tim Cleasby

    The Colour Foundry

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Unspun Stories

Digital Art

Live Projection, Immersive

Bradford

  • UNSPUN is an immersive audio-visual installation created as a response to Lost Mills, a year-long research project led by 509 Arts into Bradford’s textile industry.

    Through interviews, archival radio programs, photographs, maps, and texts, Lost Mills gathered a compelling archive of memories and stories from the city’s mill workers, focusing on the 1970s and beyond — the closing chapter of large-scale textile production in the region. Inspired by this wealth of material, the Colour Foundry transformed these stories into a sensory environment that honours and reanimates the city’s textile legacy.

    UNSPUN blends archival footage, found audio, and repurposed content with a rich musical score, creating a textured experience that invites viewers to immerse themselves in the sights and sounds of Bradford’s industrial past. This multi-layered soundscape, composed of acoustic instrumentation, digital looping, and spoken word recordings, envelops the space, evoking the rhythms and character of the textile mills and their workers.

    Adding depth and resonance to the installation, UNSPUN features live performances, collaborating with a brass ensemble to bring a live, distinctly Yorkshire sound to the piece. These performances amplify the installation's immersive qualities, connecting visitors to Bradford’s cultural roots through the familiar tones of brass, a sound closely associated with the region’s industrial history.

    UNSPUN is a tribute to the legacy and resilience of Bradford’s textile community, unraveling stories of labor, community, and transformation and weaving them into a collective experience that invites viewers to connect with this shared past.

    Through UNSPUN, the Colour Foundry transforms historical records into a dynamic and immersive journey, celebrating the voices of Bradford’s mill workers and the enduring spirit of a city built on textiles.

  • Commissioned by:

    The Space

    Bradford 2025

    In Association with:

    509 Arts

    It inhabited:

    Salts Mill &

    The Loading Bay

    Photo documentation by:

    The Colour Foundry

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Blaze

Digital Art

Augmented Reality Trail

Leicester

  • Blaze is an Augmented Reality trail created through the Leicester Heritage Action Zone.  The Colour Foundry researched and collected a series of photographs from Granby Street, which document the architectural features, interest points and visual motifs of the buildings with heritage status.  

    Using this source material,  8 architectural characters were then selected for further development.  These characters form the basis of both the printed artwork, and the augmented reality content.

    The finished artworks were displayed in a series of street interventions throughout Granby Street, as part of the Spark Festival for Children.  Audiences were invited to search out the playfully placed works, and look up to see the matching architectural features of the High Street Heritage Action Zone.

  • Commissioned by:

    Phoenix Cinema

    The Spark Arts

    In Association with:

    Leicester Heritage Action Zone

    It inhabited:

    Granby Street Leicester

    Photo documentation by:

    The Colour Foundry

Chromatic Woodland

Two people sitting and observing a digital art display of cartoon lions with blue faces, yellow manes, and orange features in a colorful virtual cave scene.
Close-up of a person's hand playing a small midi keyboard controller on a red table, with a microphone on a stand, a laptop in the background displaying colorful graphics, and various electronic devices and cables nearby.
Colorful paper collage of a turtle on black paper, with a coloring sketch of a turtle and a tablet displaying the digital design of the turtle. Art supplies and colored paper cutouts are scattered around.
Child with light-colored hair in a red and black jacket interacts with a glowing, colorful, cartoonish mural of a dog playing a guitar, illuminated by vibrant blue, pink, and purple lights.
Child kneeling and reaching out to a large, colorful, abstract face on a screen, with blue, yellow, and red shapes resembling a face with a long nose and ears.
Interior of an art exhibit with colorful, cartoon-style illustrations; a pink wall with the text "Chromatic Woodland" and a yellow artworks featuring a female figure with blue skin and red hair; a nearby display with a purple background and brightly

Painting With Light:  Artists Residency at the Sidney Nolan Trust

A young girl with blonde hair gazes upward in a dark room illuminated by colorful lights and shadowed silhouettes of people.
Room with dark wooden panel walls, purple lighting, several animal-themed sketches hanging on a wire with clothespins, a small vintage armchair, and a decorative fireplace with tile details.
Collection of hand-drawn animal and character sketches on white papers, featuring a cat, lion, bear, bird, monkey, and other creatures, with some sketches in black and gray ink.
An art installation with digital screens displaying abstract black and white geometric patterns and a pink flower, set behind a wooden table holding paint bottles, brushes, and art supplies.
Drawings of various animals hanging on a line with clothespins, displayed at a kids' art exhibit or event. The drawings depict a panda, lion, pig, and other animals.

Dawn Chorus

Neon green painted chameleon and smiling frog on tree trunk with ivy leaves
Colorful drawing of a cheerful, green-skinned character with pink features and blue clothing, waving from an art on a tree trunk in a forest.
A colorful embroidered bird on a tree trunk surrounded by green ivy leaves.
A painted illustration of a boy with curly hair wearing a green shirt, playing a yellow trumpet on a tree trunk.
A carved piece of wood depicts a colorful dragon with wings, a long neck, and a curled tail, set against a tree trunk with green leaves and ivy around it.