Firstsite’s mission is to enable new encounters and conversations between art, artists and audiences through the delivery of a programme of contemporary visual art which is both locally relevant and internationally significant.
As part of firstsite and Voices4Greenstead's Dog-jam project, dog-owners of Greenstead, Colchester filmed their surroundings - but with a twist - their dog was the cameraman!
The mosaic is now installed and fully conserved - only the final blending of the missing corner remains. This film runs through the process with the people involved, from its discovery, through to this final installation. The mosaic will shortly be covered over with glass ready for firstsite's opening in September 2011.
firstsite, Colchester's contemporary visual arts organisation, is relocating the Roman Berryfield Mosaic into it's new building which is currently under construction. The mosaic has been installed in the floor, just metres from where it was discovered in 1923. The giant artefact which has been housed in Colchester's Castle Museum for over 80 years, has been dismantled by the team from Cliveden Conservation. The team have documented their process in these videos. Further information on the project can be found on firstsite's website www.firstsite.uk.net.
The project is a partnership between firstsite and Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service and is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The Colchester Capsule is a time capsule that was created at firstsite's project space in 2010. The capsule was filled with small objects, photographs, and creative contributions donated by the people and businesses of Colchester. Here Sarah Sabin, an artist who facilitated the project and Andrew Phillips a historian who contributed to the capsule, talk about what will be found inside when the capsule is opened in the year 2100.
The mosaic is joined up, just the final touches are to be done - the lower right hand corner will be blended in - see the next video for details
firstsite, Colchester's contemporary visual arts organisation, is relocating the Roman Berryfield Mosaic into it's new building which is currently under construction. The mosaic has been installed in the floor, just metres from where it was discovered in 1923. The giant artefact which has been housed in Colchester's Castle Museum for over 80 years, has been dismantled by the team from Cliveden Conservation. The team have documented their process in these videos. Further information on the project can be found on firstsite's website www.firstsite.uk.net.
The project is a partnership between firstsite and Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service and is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The mosaic is joined up, just the final touches are to be done - the lower right hand corner will be blended in - see the next video for details
firstsite, Colchester's contemporary visual arts organisation, is relocating the Roman Berryfield Mosaic into it's new building which is currently under construction. The mosaic has been installed in the floor, just metres from where it was discovered in 1923. The giant artefact which has been housed in Colchester's Castle Museum for over 80 years, has been dismantled by the team from Cliveden Conservation. The team have documented their process in these videos. Further information on the project can be found on firstsite's website www.firstsite.uk.net.
The project is a partnership between firstsite and Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service and is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
firstsite's Development Co-ordinator Hannah Morrison is helping Cliveden Conservation's Senior Conservator Rob Smith fit the tesserae.
firstsite, Colchester's contemporary visual arts organisation, is relocating the Roman Berryfield Mosaic into it's new building which is currently under construction. The mosaic will be installed in the floor, just metres from where it was discovered in 1923. The giant artefact which has been housed in Colchester's Castle Museum for over 80 years, has been dismantled by the team from Cliveden Conservation. The team have documented their process in these videos. Further information on the project can be found on firstsite's website www.firstsite.uk.net.
The project is a partnership between firstsite and Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service and is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
firstsite's Development Co-ordinator Hannah Morrison learns how to place the tesserae according to the diagrams.
firstsite, Colchester's contemporary visual arts organisation, is relocating the Roman Berryfield Mosaic into it's new building which is currently under construction. The mosaic will be installed in the floor, just metres from where it was discovered in 1923. The giant artefact which has been housed in Colchester's Castle Museum for over 80 years, has been dismantled by the team from Cliveden Conservation. The team have documented their process in these videos. Further information on the project can be found on firstsite's website www.firstsite.uk.net.
The project is a partnership between firstsite and Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service and is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Here lime mortar is applied to secure the tesserae in place
firstsite, Colchester's contemporary visual arts organisation, is relocating the Roman Berryfield Mosaic into it's new building which is currently under construction. The mosaic will be installed in the floor, just metres from where it was discovered in 1923. The giant artefact which has been housed in Colchester's Castle Museum for over 80 years, has been dismantled by the team from Cliveden Conservation. The team have documented their process in these videos. Further information on the project can be found on firstsite's website www.firstsite.uk.net.
The project is a partnership between firstsite and Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service and is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
firstsite's Marketing and Press Assistant Lindsay Evans is trying her hand at laying some of the tesserae.
firstsite, Colchester's contemporary visual arts organisation, is relocating the Roman Berryfield Mosaic into it's new building which is currently under construction. The mosaic will be installed in the floor, just metres from where it was discovered in 1923. The giant artefact which has been housed in Colchester's Castle Museum for over 80 years, has been dismantled by the team from Cliveden Conservation. The team have documented their process in these videos. Further information on the project can be found on firstsite's website www.firstsite.uk.net.
The project is a partnership between firstsite and Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service and is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The panels have returned from Cliveden Conservation's workshop and are on site at firstsite's new building.
firstsite, Colchester's contemporary visual arts organisation, is relocating the Roman Berryfield Mosaic into it's new building which is currently under construction. The mosaic will be installed in the floor, just metres from where it was discovered in 1923. The giant artefact which has been housed in Colchester's Castle Museum for over 80 years, has been dismantled by the team from Cliveden Conservation. The team have documented their process in these videos. Further information on the project can be found on firstsite's website www.firstsite.uk.net.
The project is a partnership between firstsite and Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service and is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Here, the team are lowering each panel into the recess in the floor of the new firstsite building.
firstsite, Colchester's contemporary visual arts organisation, is relocating the Roman Berryfield Mosaic into it's new building which is currently under construction. The mosaic will be installed in the floor, just metres from where it was discovered in 1923. The giant artefact which has been housed in Colchester's Castle Museum for over 80 years, has been dismantled by the team from Cliveden Conservation. The team have documented their process in these videos. Further information on the project can be found on firstsite's website www.firstsite.uk.net.
The project is a partnership between firstsite and Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service and is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Here the team explain how the panels will align with the centre of the well and the co-ordinates of the building.
firstsite, Colchester's contemporary visual arts organisation, is relocating the Roman Berryfield Mosaic into it's new building which is currently under construction. The mosaic will be installed in the floor, just metres from where it was discovered in 1923. The giant artefact which has been housed in Colchester's Castle Museum for over 80 years, has been dismantled by the team from Cliveden Conservation. The team have documented their process in these videos. Further information on the project can be found on firstsite's website www.firstsite.uk.net.
The project is a partnership between firstsite and Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service and is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Here the team are using the acetate sheets that they mapped the tesseare on at the Castle to position the pieces along the panels.
firstsite, Colchester's contemporary visual arts organisation, is relocating the Roman Berryfield Mosaic into it's new building which is currently under construction. The mosaic will be installed in the floor, just metres from where it was discovered in 1923. The giant artefact which has been housed in Colchester's Castle Museum for over 80 years, has been dismantled by the team from Cliveden Conservation. The team have documented their process in these videos. Further information on the project can be found on firstsite's website www.firstsite.uk.net.
The project is a partnership between firstsite and Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service and is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Rob Smith from Cliveden Conservation is levering the panels into position.
firstsite, Colchester's contemporary visual arts organisation, is relocating the Roman Berryfield Mosaic into it's new building which is currently under construction. The mosaic will be installed in the floor, just metres from where it was discovered in 1923. The giant artefact which has been housed in Colchester's Castle Museum for over 80 years, has been dismantled by the team from Cliveden Conservation. The team have documented their process in these videos. Further information on the project can be found on firstsite's website www.firstsite.uk.net.
The project is a partnership between firstsite and Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service and is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The panels are joined up using a Roman style mortar.
firstsite, Colchester's contemporary visual arts organisation, is relocating the Roman Berryfield Mosaic into it's new building which is currently under construction. The mosaic will be installed in the floor, just metres from where it was discovered in 1923. The giant artefact which has been housed in Colchester's Castle Museum for over 80 years, has been dismantled by the team from Cliveden Conservation. The team have documented their process in these videos. Further information on the project can be found on firstsite's website www.firstsite.uk.net.
The project is a partnership between firstsite and Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service and is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The team are plotting the placement of the tesserae according to their diagrams.
firstsite, Colchester's contemporary visual arts organisation, is relocating the Roman Berryfield Mosaic into it's new building which is currently under construction. The mosaic will be installed in the floor, just metres from where it was discovered in 1923. The giant artefact which has been housed in Colchester's Castle Museum for over 80 years, has been dismantled by the team from Cliveden Conservation. The team have documented their process in these videos. Further information on the project can be found on firstsite's website www.firstsite.uk.net.
The project is a partnership between firstsite and Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service and is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Panel number 4 is lowered ready for removal.
firstsite, Colchester's contemporary visual arts organisation, is relocating the Roman Berryfield Mosaic into it's new building which is currently under construction. The mosaic will be installed in the floor, just metres from where it was discovered in 1923. The giant artefact which has been housed in Colchester's Castle Museum for over 80 years, has been dismantled by the team from Cliveden Conservation. The team have documented their process in these videos. Further information on the project can be found on firstsite's website www.firstsite.uk.net.
The project is a partnership between firstsite and Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service and is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The panel is wheeled out to the van ready to be transported to Cliveden Conservation's workshops.
firstsite, Colchester's contemporary visual arts organisation, is relocating the Roman Berryfield Mosaic into it's new building which is currently under construction. The mosaic will be installed in the floor, just metres from where it was discovered in 1923. The giant artefact which has been housed in Colchester's Castle Museum for over 80 years, has been dismantled by the team from Cliveden Conservation. The team have documented their process in these videos. Further information on the project can be found on firstsite's website www.firstsite.uk.net.
The project is a partnership between firstsite and Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service and is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
firstsite, Colchester's contemporary visual arts organisation, is relocating the Roman Berryfield Mosaic into it's new building which is currently under construction. The mosaic will be installed in the floor, just metres from where it was discovered in 1923. The giant artefact which has been housed in Colchester's Castle Museum for over 80 years, has been dismantled by the team from Cliveden Conservation. The team have documented their process in these videos. Further information on the project can be found on firstsite's website www.firstsite.uk.net.
The project is a partnership between firstsite and Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service and is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
firstsite, Colchester's contemporary visual arts organisation, is relocating the Roman Berryfield Mosaic into it's new building which is currently under construction. The mosaic will be installed in the floor, just metres from where it was discovered in 1923. The giant artefact which has been housed in Colchester's Castle Museum for over 80 years, has been dismantled by the team from Cliveden Conservation. The team have documented their process in these videos. Further information on the project can be found on firstsite's website www.firstsite.uk.net.
The project is a partnership between firstsite and Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service and is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Each section of the mosaic will be transported using a frame. This film also shows the unsympathetic backing that was applied to the mosaic when it was found in 1923.
firstsite, Colchester's contemporary visual arts organisation, is relocating the Roman Berryfield Mosaic into it's new building which is currently under construction. The mosaic will be installed in the floor, just metres from where it was discovered in 1923. The giant artefact which has been housed in Colchester's Castle Museum for over 80 years, has been dismantled by the team from Cliveden Conservation. The team have documented their process in these videos. Further information on the project can be found on firstsite's website www.firstsite.uk.net.
The project is a partnership between firstsite and Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service and is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Here the team are using chisels to remove the individual tiles so that the mosaic can be cut into 9 pieces.
firstsite, Colchester's contemporary visual arts organisation, is relocating the Roman Berryfield Mosaic into it's new building which is currently under construction. The mosaic will be installed in the floor, just metres from where it was discovered in 1923. The giant artefact which has been housed in Colchester's Castle Museum for over 80 years, has been dismantled by the team from Cliveden Conservation. The team have documented their process in these videos. Further information on the project can be found on firstsite's website www.firstsite.uk.net.
The project is a partnership between firstsite and Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service and is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The team are numbering each of the tesserae ready to be plotted and removed.
firstsite, Colchester's contemporary visual arts organisation, is relocating the Roman Berryfield Mosaic into it's new building which is currently under construction. The mosaic will be installed in the floor, just metres from where it was discovered in 1923. The giant artefact which has been housed in Colchester's Castle Museum for over 80 years, has been dismantled by the team from Cliveden Conservation. The team have documented their process in these videos. Further information on the project can be found on firstsite's website www.firstsite.uk.net.
The project is a partnership between firstsite and Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service and is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
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Architecture Tour of Firstsite
25. Berryfield Mosaic - unveiling ceremony
Burying the Colchester Capsule
24. Berryfield Mosaic - the missing corner decision
23. Berryfield Mosaic - Joined up, an aerial view
21. Berryfield Mosaic - Fitting the tesserae
19. Berryfield Mosaic - Placing the tesserae
22. Berryfield Mosaic - Bedding in the tesserae
20. Berryfield Mosaic - Re-laying the border tile
12. Berryfield Mosaic - the panels are on site
13. Berryfield Mosaic - Lowering the panel into the well
14. Berryfield Mosaic - Aligning with the datum line
17. Berryfield Mosaic - Mapping the tesserae
15. Berryfield Mosaic - Positioning the panels
16. Berryfield Mosaic - Joining the panels up
18. Berryfield Mosaic - Re-laying the removed tesserae
11. Berryfield Mosaic - Lowering down panel no.4
10. Berryfield Mosaic - Moving panel no.3
9. Berryfield Mosaic - Lowering down panel no.3 cont.
8. Berryfield Mosaic - Lowering down panel no.3
7. Berryfield Mosaic - Constructing the travelling frame
6. Berryfield Mosaic - Removing the tesserae
4. Berryfield Mosaic - Numbering the tesserae
