An artwork which changes every hour will be aiming to celebrate a city’s identity and bring back memories of its past, the creators have said.
Timepiece will see different 50-second long collages made from archive film, photos and audio chime on the hour through Sunderland’s newly opened Culture House from 16 November.
Artist Jeremy Bradfield said he hoped the pieces, which would be accompanied by an original soundtrack from The Futureheads’ Ross Millard , would “stir” a lot of memories.
A total of 72 chimes were created and Millard said each celebrated a different element of Sunderland’s past, present and future.
“They’re like these little moments that last for 50 seconds,” Millard said.
“We had so much material to work with that we feel like we’ve got a good spread of Sunderland’s identity.
“I’d like to think that people would see one or two in the building and try and time their visits so they can see more.”