As part of the regeneration of Holbeck there was a commission to produce art work for the area. Holbeck has a rich history, but many of the buildings are now deserted. I liked the idea that maybe things still lurked in the dark corners of these decrepit buildings.

I wanted to use projectors and burglar alarm sensors to bring the buildings to life as people walked past.

I created this rough flash animation to illustrate my idea, and this formed part of my submission.

Update: 16 December 2005

This was the official response from The Culture Company:

I am sorry to say that we didn't select your proposal on this occasion against tough competition. The panel actually really liked your concept but our main concern was that it was very under-costed for the technical requirements in order to achieve the really strong impact it set out to achieve (no details given on the strength of the projection etc). This was based on the professional opinion of two of the panel members who are very experienced in projection/new media installation in the public realm. There was also concerns that the model was not sufficiently tested to guarantee it would work consistently in the public domain. However your proposal did make it through to the final round and if we had been in a position to have had bigger budgets available for the commissioning process we would have seriously considered its further development.

I could have made it work, but I understand why they were looking for people with more experience in this field.