Multimedia Investigations
Research Projects
Design Projects
Related Projects*
Materiality is a research and design collective organised by Peter Brooks and based in Bristol.
* Related projects are by Peter Brooks before forming Materiality.
Research Projects
Design Projects
Related Projects*
Materiality is a research and design collective organised by Peter Brooks and based in Bristol.
* Related projects are by Peter Brooks before forming Materiality.
We document social and environmental injustice using innovative and creative forms of investigation and publication:
What we do:
We investigate social and environmental issues, using multimedia forms of evidence, research methods and publication. This includes analysing images and videos as evidence, creating maps and 3D models to investigate, and designing animated presentations and interactive tools.
Who we work for:
We make high-tech multimedia investigations into social and environmental conditions accessible to activists and campaigners. We translate technical data, uncover corporate secrecy and design intuitive tools for public organising and policy change.
Highlights:
- Unavoidable Impact findings cited in the House of Commons, the House of Lords and in Select Commitee proceedings. We presented in Parliament and the report influenced Sheffield City Council policy.
- Muck Maps was Compassion In World Farming’s highest ever viewed web page and recieved multiple national press articles.
- Stink or Swim was included in the University of Oxford TABLE research library and published in their newsletter.
- Who Owns Dartmoor? map collected by two museum and arts institutions, the Museum of English Rural Life and Grizedale Arts.
- Chicken Shit/Cachu Iar presented and exhibited at Hay Literature Festival, and our Wye Muck Map exhibited the following year.
- Chicken Shit/Cachu Iar essays published by the Dark Mountain Journal and in audio by the Farmerama Podcast.
- Photojournalism published by the British Journal of Photography and the World Photography Organisation, and shortlisted for international photography awards.
- Consecutive presentations at the Oxford Real Farming Conference, on Chicken Shit/Cachu Iar and Muck Maps
Feedback:
George Monbiot
"There are six times as many outdoor ads in the most deprived areas of England as there are in the least deprived. Extraordinary new report by @adfreecities which shows how much advertising affects health and how it targets low income communities."
Dr Chris Van Tulleken, UCL
“What they've exposed really does speak to society's ethics, and therefore it's something that Parliamentarians must in all conscience properly engage with ... I think it's no overstatement to say that the issues with which this report deals are really a matter of life and death for all of us”
Caroline Lucas, former Green Party MP
“Meaningful change is possible, and this report shows why it is needed and how it can be done. It’s a must read.”
Professor Emma Boyland, Chair of Food Marketing and Child Health, University of Liverpool.
“I even had the opportunity to discuss the impact of intensive poultry farming on the River Wye, with Peter, one of the artists, whose work shows the sheer scale and horror of pollution from these farms.”
Kerry McCarthy MP
Materiality is a research and design collective organised by Peter Brooks and based in Bristol.
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