Posted: 18/01/22

Sunset 20 December - Carl Conway-Davis

Squeezed in after a late cancellation, I came with very little time to think about the experience and very little expectations.  I struggled for the first five minutes to switch off from the initial opportunity to race my eyes all over the city and had to purposefully stop myself from just looking at everything without actually ‘looking’.  But the experience I had from there on was rooted in the calming rumble of ‘life’ happening around me and the noise of the world just passing by.  It made me feel drowsy, not in a bad way, but the low frequency and view just made me feel at ease.  What I started to think about was how that view, that framed window, was a live shot of people living out real scenarios.  Blue lights flashing, the view of Hull Royal, presented this view of actual thoughts how tragedy, happiness, life-changing moments were happening in real time, unbeknown to me, but was still happening in front of me.  And still the world keeps going.  It made me think of ‘The Butterfly Effect’.  I also had the beautiful moments of seeing layers of personal history, buildings and areas that hold personal attachment and the trigger of childhood and adult life memories playing out after seeing particular places from up high.  You realise, in almost equal measure, how big but how small Hull really is.