Patrick S. Ford
Photography / Video
'Bus trip to District 1'
January 09, 2019
This video documents a bus trip made by Patrick S. Ford between District 7 and District 1 of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on January 10th 2019.
During the journey, photographs were taken from the bus window every 5 minutes. The composition of the photographs was not selected or edited, whatever happened to be framed by the bus window at the appropriate time was captured.
The original blog post documenting the walk can be read here.
'Urban Walking with a Tennis Ball'
November 27, 2018
This walk was recorded in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on Wednesday 28 November 2018 by Patrick S. Ford during a collaborative walk organised by Dr. Blake Morris who is currently based in the UK.
The walk followed the score written by Tobias Grice: Walk No. 48 in the book 'Ways to Wander' by Clare Qualmann & Claire Hind.
The original blog post documenting the walk can be read here.
'4 Sound Recordings'
March 02, 2018
These four sounds were recorded during the collaborative walk - 'Ways to Wander No. 9 - Walk with me by Helen Frosi (sound fjord)', an event organised by Dr. Blake Morris who is based in the UK.
The four sounds are:
1. Cantonese radio playing outside the Temple, birds singing in the background.
2. Birds singing, radio faintly heard in the background.
3. Soloist bird with bird chorus accompaniment.
4. Young boy playing basketball alone in a playground at the end of my walk.
The original blog post documenting the walk can be read here.
The video recording made during the walk can be viewed here.
'Are We Human?'
2 minute video created for inclusion in the 3rd Istanbul Design Biennial, 22 October - 20 November 2016. Originally broadcast during the festival at the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV) and screened online via youtube link,
The original blog post documenting the work submission can be read here.
The video can be viewed on the Festival Channel here.
Or it can be viewed on my Channel here.