In 2022, CYC teamed up with Gobsquad to create an outdoor, immersive experience. This podwalk takes the audience on a route beginning and ending at Contact, passing through transitory, transcendental, and transformational landmarks.
We look behind to our immeasurable pasts, and walk towards our unknown futures, balancing between the threshold state of ‘no longer’ and ‘not yet’.
From this page, you can use your phone to stream the pod walks using your mobile data. Head to our How to Podwalk page for more information.
Please note that these films are designed to be watched on location. The locations for each are described below.
Pod walk videos without subtitles
PHONEBOX
328-330 Oxford Rd, Manchester M13 9NG
STREET
328-330 Oxford Rd, Manchester M13 9NG
HOSPITAL
Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M13 9WL
CHURCH
Holy Name Church, 339 Oxford Rd, Manchester M13 9PG
TREE
University of Manchester, Oxford Rd, Manchester M13 9PL
CLOWN
Inside Contact, Devas Street, Mancheser, M15 6JA
APPLAUSE
Outside Contact, Devas Street, Mancheser, M15 6JA
Please note, that there is no speech in this film, therefore is no subtitled version to download.
Pod Walk videos with subtitles
PHONEBOX WITH SUBTITLES
STREET WITH SUBTITLES
HOSPITAL WITH SUBTITLES
CHURCH WITH SUBTITLES
TREE WITH SUBTITLES
CLOWN WITH SUBTITLES
ABOUT GOBSQUAD
Gob Squad is an arts collective based between Germany and the UK. They make mixed-media performance work, often site-specific, interactive and immersive. Connecting spaces, mixing liveness and chance with pre-determined, carefully structured action. Gobsquad’s work searches for beauty in the everyday.
Gobsquad want to frame and elevate daily life making magic out of the mundane, transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary. They explore the point where performance meets art, media and real life. The seven core members work collaboratively on the concept and production, there is no director, no boss, and no one is in charge!
Their work is regularly shown throughout Europe and has toured all the continents apart from Antarctica.
Enjoyed the podwalk videos? Learn more about Gob Squad’s work at this link here.
CREATED & PERFORMED BY
Bethan Wyllis, Rosa Brooks, Lauren Lees, Nina Mccarron, Jordan Skelly, Shakira Samms-Alcott, Yarrow Spillane, Chiedza Muchauraya, Tyrese-Jerome Engena, Demitria Shonett, Holly Gibson, Niamh Willow, Rochá Dawkin
CREATIVE TEAM
Director: Sarah Thom (Gob Squad)
Assistant Director: Scarlett-Rose Summers
Producer: Lauren Banks
Assistant Producer: Scarlett-Rose Summers
Sound Engineer: Jonathan Hamer
Video Editor: Alex Hewitt
Guest Artists: Lowri Evans, Ella Otomewo, Emmy Lahouel
Production Manager: Adam Steed
Music: Sophie Fishwick