Past Lives

Cipher have collaborated with visual artist Anthony Hatton to produce a thought-provoking and engaging visual and live musical experience using amateur film of Midlands life from the 1930s to the 1970s. The performance features celebrated musicians/composers Dave Sturt, Theo Travis and members of SinfoniaViVA.

Capturing moving images is now commonplace with mobile phones and pocket cameras, but before the digital age it wasn't so easy. Small format movie cameras were the liberating technology of the mid-20th Century, giving ordinary people the chance to record everyday events on their 8mm and 16mm cameras.