Geoff Stow
Geoff Stow
Geoff Stow joined Albany Video on a full-time basis after working on adventure playgrounds in Deptford. His initial work at Albany Video was with the local community working with kids on art projects and making tapes around issues of local concern such as housing conditions.
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00:00 Start 01:56 Adventure playgrounds 03:35 Community arts in Deptford 05:24 How I came to the Albany 06:56 What’s on at the Albany? 09:40 Regular people weren’t on TV 11:30 August 13: Battle of Lewisham 12:43 Process over product: What did you do to deserve it? 13:52 Equipment struggles 15:16 How we worked 17:45 Video wasn’t always the answer 19:13 Channel 4 funding: Downham 20:58 Technology led the evolution 22:41 Thatcher’s cuts 25:02 Moving on to self-build 26:32 I was all about the simple stuff 27:29 Community arts: then and now