Tower Bridge, Blackout
Following the success of previous Tower Bridge collaboration, Terra Incognita – Here be Dragons, the team were commissioned to create Blackout, a video projection and sound installation, for the Bascule Chamber of Tower Bridge. Usually off limits to the public, and home to the bridge’s impressive counterweights, the Bascule Chamber presented an opportunity to create a bespoke piece of work for an unusual architectural space.
The piece was specially created in response to photographs taken by two City of London Police Officers, Arthur Cross and Fred Tibbs, in the immediate aftermath of the Blitz. In collaboration with the City of London Police Museum and the London Metropolitan Archives, the installation explored their hidden world as well as the impact of the Blitz across the city and beyond.