The people of Manchester are proud of where they come from, and why shouldn’t they be? This is the place where the atom was split, the Industrial Revolution was born, the Co-operative Movement started, and the first programmable computer and vegetarianism was invented. It’s the home of Oasis, Elbow, the Smiths, the Hacienda and the Warehouse Project.

So when the Forever Manchester Poem was commissioned they needed a visual way to accompany the words so beautifully written by poet Tony Walsh that so successfully strike at the heart.

My role included design, and production of a 3D Manchester Living room that could show the story that was being told. The budget was tight so I used After Effects to create the space that had to feel and live the words that we hear.