I have just been sent the attached YouTube film to help with the fundraising for the Whitechapel Bell Foundry. It’s a short film – calling it an advertisement would demean it – made about the work of Factum Arte, whose Foundation is a key partner in the plan to revitalise the Bell Foundry through working with artists and the use of new technology. It’s short, but clever, and I think persuasive about how new ways of working can revitalise old ones, leave aside the plug for Santander:-
| Charles | Saumarez | Smith | 
I worked with Adam Lowe many years ago on a couple of photographic exhibitions prior to his establishing Factum Arte in Madrid. I just loved his brain! He contributed several jolts of electricity then & now seems to be working on many millions of volts. Amazed at what he & Factum Arte have achieved. No doubt that FA could pull out something rigorous & relevant from the Whitechapel Bell Foundry. Hope they get the chance.
Yes, he’s pretty amazing how much he does and has been incredibly committed to trying to reinvent the Bell Foundry in a modern way. Charles
Clearly Factum Arte is a remarkable organisation. If anyone can get the Bell Foundry going, it is them. i wish we had more like them.