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A History of Airports

1985
Media Installation
6-min extract from 55-minute video documentation

An interdisciplinary, company devised promenade performance, led by John Downie (writer, performer, project coordinator), with Mike Leggett (video), Richard Storer (computer systems), Startled Insects (sound), Keith Tippett (piano, and musicians), The Playwrights Company & performers including: Pauline Battson, Kit Edwards, Liz Dbecchi, Canoe, Liz Fjelle (design), Kate McNab (actor), Tony Robinson (writer, actor), A.C.H. Smith (writer), Pat van Twest (writer, performer). Funding: The Playwrights Company & Gulbenkian Foundation. Developed and produced at Watershed Media Arts Centre, Bristol, UK.