Portobello Film Festival

Co-exhibitors:

Andrea Luka Zimmerman, Anna Thew, Ayako Ohkawa, Barbara Sankofi, Britt Hatzivs, Charlotte Thrane, Chris Grieves, Clare Kenny, Effie Gibson, Frederico Fazenda Rodrigues, Greg Pope, Helen Hewitt, Jackie Dewe Mathews, James Parr, Jenny Benwell, Julie Roux, Laila Marie Page, Livia Rolandini, Louisa Fairclough, Mariana Ziadeh, Marko Perendija, Meiro Koizani, Michael Sylvester-Vassell, Mildred Rambaud, Ming Wong, Oscar Carbonell Royo, Peter Harvey, Phil Coy, Phillipa L Horan, Rachel Morris, Satoko Yamaguchi, Tanya Benardont, Tina Keane, Tom Hanbury, Tom Humphreys, Valentin Manz, Vanessa Billy.

Festival of installation and expanded cinema. Bay 67 was a series of unique events held below the Westway near Ladbrooke Grove, West London.

Aquaduct was commissioned for the 2001 Portobello Film Festival. Produced by ACAVA, it was exhibited at Bay 67, a unique industrial space beneath the Westway flyover in North Kensington.

The installation explored the intersection of architecture and digital media, transforming a raw urban space into an immersive artistic environment. Bay 67 served as a makeshift cinema and expo space, reflecting the festival’s mission to reclaim urban environments for independent film and community art. Typical of Cotterrell’s work, “Aquaduct” likely utilised technology to highlight social or political tendencies in a shared environment, sensitive to the site’s history as a major London infrastructure.

Created in 2001, it was part of Cotterrell’s early public realm projects, such as Saltley Geyser, which used monumental or natural metaphors to engage with decaying urban landscapes.

Through “Aquaduct,” Cotterrell acted as programmer, producer, and director, creating a momentary, orchestrated event that bridged the gap between the physical site and digital representation.