FREDDIE
ALEXANDER-
MORRIS

Videography Portfolio

Hawksmoor

Visualising writings from psychogeographer Iain Sinclair’s book ‘Lud Heat’, a beautiful blend of prose and verse, this film explores the contemporary city of London and the historical and mythical patterns hidden within it. It addresses the soaring, dramatic churches built by Nicholas Hawksmoor and the sinister dotted lines which link up the structures that remain a mystery to this day. ︎watch here︎

Pedal. Push. Perambulate.

Expanding on the ideas of Psychogeography, Guy Debord, and the Situationist International, ‘Pedal. Push. Perambulate.’ explores three separate exploratory dérive journeys, all beginning at the same location. The existing contributions to the concept of the dérive have revolved solely around the act of walking, thus, ‘Pedal. Push. Perambulate.’ investigates how our experience of space changes depending on how we traverse it, whether that be via walking, cycling, or skateboarding.

The project highlights the different ways we experience urban environments depending on the mode of transport being used to do so, investigating the difference in routes we take, the recognition of the changes in pace, and certain things we notice (or fail to notice), such as, people, vehicles, artefacts, architecture, conversation, juxtaposition, and texture.

The use of the harsh, gritty, monochromatic imagery throughout the project is used to highlight detail that we often fail to perceive, relating to the ideas of the dérive, involving playful-constructive behaviour, awareness of psychogeographical effects and identifying aspects of the urban environment which are ordinarily overlooked.

‘Pedal. Push. Perambulate.’ is presented in the form of a 10-minute film and an A3 newsprint publication. Monitor stand and accompanying stool handmade by me using ply wood and steel, found washrack used as publication stand. ︎watch here︎

City Movement

City Movement explores the change of emotion and behaviour the urban environment produces within individuals depending on the mode of transport used to traverse it. This film focuses on how the city is perceived through the practitioners point of view and how we as individuals experience space differently as a result of the contrasting environments we situate ourselves in and the ways in which we maneuver through them. ︎watch here︎

Environments and Identity, Reconfigured

Within, ‘Environments and Identity, Reconfigured’, I focused on investigating how the physical information that makes up our environments impacts the way we see and understand a certain place. I created digital habitats by using Generative Adversarial Networks to do so, focusing on elements I believe make up the places I call home, accompanied by the emotions I endure and the sounds I hear whilst within them, collecting my own range of datasets and using RunwayML to create altered portrayals of different aspects of the environment that surround me. 

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Escape to the Present

Savouring sounds, sights, tastes, textures and smells provides us with a sense of gratitude. It’s what keeps us grounded and connected to ourselves and our environments around us. In this project I have created a detailed way in which to ‘escape to the present’. Through sight, sound, smell, taste and touch, we can immerse ourselves in the present, and through instructional art I hope to explore and share the ways necessary to do so. ︎watch here︎

Pschogeographical Walk of London

An unplanned exploratory dérive from Southwatk Bridge to London Bridge, focusing primarily on the individuals as well as the cities compositions and juxtapositions. ︎watch here︎