Reimagining
Industrial
Migratory
Stories CIC
An art production house working through moving image, fine art photography, and site-specific immersive experiences — led by stories from the Black Country.
Heritage Lottery Funded film and photography project. The New Art Gallery Walsall, 6 Mar – 12 Jul 2026.
National Lottery Heritage Fund
Large-format photographic tableaux at New Art Exchange, New Art Gallery Walsall, and BLAST!
RBSA Photography Prize — First Prize
Funded by Arts Council England and Film London. London Indian Film Festival 2023.
Film London · Arts Council England
The largest collection of moving image material about empire worker experiences in the Black Country — sourced from the BBC, ITN, LWT, BFI, MACE, people's attics, and private collections.
Explore the archive →The snow has melted, the team has thawed out, and we're full steam ahead with the next stage of our project. We're delighted to share that The New Art Gallery Walsall will host the exhibition in the Community Gallery from 6th March – 12th April 2026.
The past five days marked a significant milestone for the project — three days of intensive site preparation followed by two days of filming in challenging winter conditions, with Walsall College students on set throughout.
In November 2024, Billy visited Walsall College's creative department, marking the beginning of an exciting collaboration as part of our Paths You Walk project, funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Between 1945 and 1980, tens of thousands of workers from South Asia, the Caribbean, and Ireland arrived in the Black Country to power the region's foundries, steel works, and chain shops. Their labour built post-war Britain. Their stories were rarely told.
Reimagining Industrial Migratory is a Heritage Lottery Funded photographic and oral history project that places these communities back at the centre of their own narrative — through large-format portraiture, location-based storytelling, and a permanent digital archive open to all.
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