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Otherham

Created with Flux Rotherham and Grimm & Co for Rotherham Winter Festival 2025

By imitating the dog, inspired by the imaginations of the young people of Rotherham

Imagine a place… a place where nothing is quite as it seems; where the imaginations of young people have transformed the town, giving it an otherworldly twist. It’s a magical place where anything seems possible; where a stone wall might open portals to new worlds, where you can order the weather with your coffee, and where kindness is delivered by fluttering butterflies. It’s both familiar and fantastical, a reimagined Rotherham that invites you to see the town through a new lens.

Welcome to Otherham.

Part of Rotherham’s year-long celebration at becoming the world’s first Children’s Capital of Culture, Otherham Winter Festival is an extraordinary trail of stunning projections inspired by the creative and inventive storytelling of the borough’s young residents, transforming the town centre’s buildings into a magical, reimagined world.

Otherham Winter Festival is a collaboration between Flux Rotherhamimitating the dog, Children’s Capital of Culture, RMBC Events, and Grimm & Co.

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credits

  • Artist Direction & Video Design: Simon Wainwright
  • Composer: James Hamilton
  • Learning Co-ordinator: Ben Mellor
  • Made in collaboration with Grimm & Co