Film: Sally Titterington Music: Mark Cockburn
A Love Poem to Manchester, once known as 'The Workshop of the World'.
I love the story of the scientific research, led by Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov, being carried out at Manchester University, on graphite and the discovery of Graphene. The term “Friday evening experiment” was used to describe a set of off beat, interest driven experiments but cunningly disguised the actual amount of work required to get any results.
Could this super material Graphene reignite Manchester and bring back the passion of Integrity and Industry, the city's motto.
http://www.graphene.manchester.ac.uk/story/
Giclée print on archive paper © Sally Titterington 2014
The Wild Unicorn
Genetic engineering is an ancient idea. Manchester's crest is of the lion and the unicorn with the motto 'Integrity and Industry'. A Biblical Beast, the Old Testament, book of Job, 'The body of a horse, the mane and tail of a lion, beard of a goat with cloven hooves'. My Wild Unicorn crosses the bridge to enter Salford for a 24/7 party SFTOC Sounds From the Other City, Salford's biggest annual music and arty party, started in 2005.
'SFTOC itself is the truest representation of what Manchester music is today'.
NME
