PRESS RELEASE: The Sam Hallam Campaign
On Friday 16 October 2009, the campaign for innocent Hoxton man Sam Hallam stages Seeing the Light an innovative light projection event in collaboration with Frolic Productions and MOTH. The event marks five years since commencement of Sam Hallams wrongful imprisonment for a murder he did not commit.
From 7.00 pm onwards, in Hoxton Square and other local landmarks, light artists project stunning light graffiti imagery and messages about Sam Hallam across key locations. Sams family, neighbours and campaigners will circulate through the area explaining to visitors why there is overwhelming support for his case among the people of Hoxton. The project is devised by Susie Hinchliffe.
Said campaign spokesperson Jane Mair
Hoxton is internationally known for its ground-breaking artists, galleries and creative new media. Sam Hallam comes from the other Hoxton of council estates to the north of Hoxton Square. We often hear about the work of contemporary artists being rooted in lived experience. Seeing the Light is about a living nightmare inflicted on an innocent young Hoxton man. Local people are furious that five years after his arrest and almost two years since new evidence supporting his innocence was presented to the Criminal Cases Review Commission, Sam and his family still have no idea when the nightmare will end. We hope Hoxtons artistic community will lend their support so that justice finally prevails.
Frolic create innovative audio-visual installations and content for both clubs and festivals. They specialise in projection and lighting, with a full range of projectors from small to powerful 20,000 lumen Barcos and a range of flat, 3D and unconventional projection surfaces
MOTH comprising digital artists Ed Firth and Shaun O'Connor, bridges the divide between video mixing and street art, generating site-specific video graffiti designed in response to the morphology, texture and ambience of the spaces and structures of the outside world.
Live illustration from artists Martin Wollerstam & Ed Hicks will be wirelessly projected via MOTH's wireless, wearable projection units
http://www.samhallam.com/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jun/15/conlon-maguire-miscarriage-justice-protest
http://www.frolicproductions.com
http://www.m-o-t-h.tv
http://www.krop.com/hicks54/
http://www.wollerstam.com/
On Friday 16 October 2009, the campaign for innocent Hoxton man Sam Hallam stages Seeing the Light an innovative light projection event in collaboration with Frolic Productions and MOTH. The event marks five years since commencement of Sam Hallams wrongful imprisonment for a murder he did not commit.
From 7.00 pm onwards, in Hoxton Square and other local landmarks, light artists project stunning light graffiti imagery and messages about Sam Hallam across key locations. Sams family, neighbours and campaigners will circulate through the area explaining to visitors why there is overwhelming support for his case among the people of Hoxton. The project is devised by Susie Hinchliffe.
Said campaign spokesperson Jane Mair
Hoxton is internationally known for its ground-breaking artists, galleries and creative new media. Sam Hallam comes from the other Hoxton of council estates to the north of Hoxton Square. We often hear about the work of contemporary artists being rooted in lived experience. Seeing the Light is about a living nightmare inflicted on an innocent young Hoxton man. Local people are furious that five years after his arrest and almost two years since new evidence supporting his innocence was presented to the Criminal Cases Review Commission, Sam and his family still have no idea when the nightmare will end. We hope Hoxtons artistic community will lend their support so that justice finally prevails.
Frolic create innovative audio-visual installations and content for both clubs and festivals. They specialise in projection and lighting, with a full range of projectors from small to powerful 20,000 lumen Barcos and a range of flat, 3D and unconventional projection surfaces
MOTH comprising digital artists Ed Firth and Shaun O'Connor, bridges the divide between video mixing and street art, generating site-specific video graffiti designed in response to the morphology, texture and ambience of the spaces and structures of the outside world.
Live illustration from artists Martin Wollerstam & Ed Hicks will be wirelessly projected via MOTH's wireless, wearable projection units
http://www.samhallam.com/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jun/15/conlon-maguire-miscarriage-justice-protest
http://www.frolicproductions.com
http://www.m-o-t-h.tv
http://www.krop.com/hicks54/
http://www.wollerstam.com/