A film by Thomson & Craighead
Software development by Matthew Jarvis
Sound design by John Cobban
Script development by Alison Craighead, Jon Thomson and Steve Rushton. Graphic design by Cavan Convery

YouTube videos:
fairy flag - EdandLorraineWarren
2 year old muslim girl - fatima
japan tsunami crazy girl - jesusGirl444
against racist attacks - Indiansarekewl
broken system - cgreene34
believe in yourself - armyofholynuns
the near death experience - rabbilazer
near death & the internet - billsvideos123
levels of life near death - Hamish Miller
transdimensional portal (hitler) - Desteni
what satanists believe - satanism_international
was that god? - kendal123
maori values - DeptofConservation
karaoke just believe - RatzBag
heavensgate initiation - fuadramses

Supported by Creative Scotland's Vital Spark programme, New Media Scotland's Alt-w Fund, ATLAS Arts and Animate Projects

Belief is made from information found entirely on the worldwide web. In thirteen minutes, this work presents a series of fragmented broadcasts about belief, all sourced from the video sharing community YouTube.

As a two-screen installation, the compass floor projection interacts with the montage showing where each clip originated in relation to the geographical location of the artwork. With a little help from Google Earth viewers are placed at the centre point of this cinematic data visualisation.

Belief is the final work in the Flat Earth Trilogy following on from Flat Earth (2007) and A short film about War (2009/2010). Supported by Creative Scotland's Vital Spark programme, New Media Scotland's Alt-w Fund, ATLAS Arts and Animate Projects.