A Multimedia Exploration of the Story of Vulcan, Blending Film, Poetry, Sound, Music, Art and Science
Carolyn Waudby and Diana Scarborough were commissioned to show an immersive version of their film in a new Igloo projection space at
Sheffield Hallam University for the 2025 No Bounds Festival.
Filmmaker Diana Scarborough collaborated with technical experts at the university to convert the film for the Switch Room section of the #festival programme.
Audiences seeing the Cradle of Fire film in 360 degrees for the first time described it as “fabulous” and “exciting”.
Cradle of Fire re-imagines the story of #Vulcan, the Roman god of fire, furnaces and volcanoes and a symbol of #Sheffield, blending an original script, #poetry and rap written by Carolyn Waudby, with recordings of industrial processes, song and images.
Waudby and Scarborough worked with museum collections at Kelham Island, Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet and The Land of Iron. Recordings and soundtrack were put together by international musicologist Kim Cunio who visited Sheffield in 2024.
No Bounds was founded and directed by Liam O’Shea. Switch Room was curated by
Amy Carter Gordon with Creative Producer Lauren McConnell.
We’d love to hear from you as we develop the Cradle of Fire project. Please use the contact page to get in touch.
Cradle of Fire is a research and development project, supported by public funds from Arts Council England. We are also grateful for support from our partners and creative collaborators. Read more on the dedicated About pages.
Check our progress to date and future plans via the timeline