scratch video is pete watson
born 1984 in norfolk, england, pete watson has been producing short films and visual installations under the alias of scratchvideo since 2003. pete's work has been screened and exhibited at a variety of venues including the 2008 cannes film festival as part of the cannes in a van project. other exhibitions have included the bishopsgate institute, the east end film festival & rich mix cinema, hackney wick festival and the arts picturehouse and junction arts centre in cambridge.
pete teaches animation, film, music technology, digital graphics, web design, drama and theatre studies for schools, universities and charitable organisations including CAPS (Children with Aspergers Parent Support) and george mitchell school. pete is keen to get involved in community and educational projects and strongly believes in the benefits of using creative and digital technology to educate. this is reflected in the projects he gets involved in.
scratchvideo takes a lot of inspiration from the 1980's art movement of the same name...
education
ba creative sound technology/film studies anglia ruskin university
national diploma in commercial music studies great yarmouth college
professional
documentary filmmaker
promotional videos & DVDs for a variety of commercial and education institutions, companies and sports clubs
audio-visual technician at a variety of arts and performance areas and venues
media-arts and digital-media technical support and tuition at secondary, further and higher education institutions
network and website administration
pete watson is currently employed as digital-media co-ordinator at george mitchell school leyton
creative
visual displays and installations
independent & experimental short films
stop-motion and photographic animation
urban, landscape and travel photography
- graffiti idol
- switch/ping pong
- up the manor!
- East-End Film Festival
- LOCOG
graffiti idol is a joint community project run between portrait photographer sophie anastasiou, graffiti artist andy seize and scratchvideo. the project is funded by a variety of organisations and charities. for more information or to get involved click here
switch which became ping pong was the brainchild of cambridge based dj kye. after success behind the decks kye turned his attention to promotion. ping pong was a mish-mash of drum & bass, jungle, hip hop, breaks, electro, beat box and more, with the variety of beats and bass lines "ping-ponging" around the sticky walls of the junction, cambridge. after many successful nights kye moved ping pong to the second room at the legendary warning.
ping pong djs have included: scratch perverts, killa kela & spit kingdom, pendulum, jungle drummer, adam f, rodney p, mampi swift, zinc, chase & status to name but a few...
kye's vision was not only audio but visual too, hence the enlistment of scratchvideo as the resident installation artist. using stock and original footage sourced from diverse and visually stunning material mixed using traditional and hi-tech video effects in a montage of pre-production and live creativity, scratch video projected imagery on up to 4 screens positioned around the stage and its performers over 2 floors. sights reflected the sounds and added visual suspense and atmosphere to the already chaotic party. ping pong continues to draw the crowds upstairs at warning every other month...
The historical documentary of The Eton Manor Boys Club project. produced in conjunction with The Villiers Park Educational Trust and The Heritage Lottery Fund as part of a wider oral history project headed by Michelle Johanson, university of east london focusing on the role of sport in east london culture and history.
Opening night of the exhibition and premier of the Up the Manor! film: Thursday 17th July 2008, 4:30pm @ The Bishopsgate Institute
24hour film competition organised by east-end film festival
pete had 2 films screened at the 2008 cannes film festival as part of the cannes in a van project
view video on LOCOG website
welcoming the world to london 2012
an educational project organised by scratchvideo where students worked alongside professional filmmakers from d fie foe animation and kali films in association with LOCOG (London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games)
the project has continued beyond expectations with students recording a soundtrack and a music video to accompany the film. further examples of scratchvideo's work with george mitchell students can be seen at the school's media blog
