Taking Ground
2006
Site-specific performance
On an isolated swing bridge, underneath a flyover, surrounded by water, Taking Ground reflected on, two hundred years of travel and our obsessions with technical innovation and progression.
Materials & duration
Flags, whistles, bunting, tin cans, string, tin cups, flasks, ribbon, rope, projector, vinyl, gaffa tape, large microphone, walkie-talkies, wearable mics and speakers
45 mins
Credits
Devised and performed by: Kathy Hinde, Tayna Steinhauser, Swen Steinhauser, China Fish, Joanne Brown and Dominic Fryett. Script editing and direction:Â Dominic Fryett. Photography: Steve Bond. Musicians: Pete Judge, Elizabeth Parnell and Charlotte Ostafew.
Location
The Swing Bridge, Bristol harbor, UK
Commissioned by
Creative Bristol, Heritage Lottery Fund, The National Lottery, The Arts Council of England and the Millennium Commission for Brunel 200
