chronoskin

A studio for film and stills of buildings after dark. Two people, one van, a great deal of waiting for the right hour.

Film and stills, 2015 to 202640 projects, 5 shown

Buildingsafter dark

We photograph and film architecture between dusk and first light, when a building shows what it is lit for.

Booking from March 2027Sunset today 18:12

  • 01 Last pump Film, 12 minA filling station on a closed road 2026
  • 02 The tower Stills, 48 platesForty floors on the waterfront 2025
  • 03 Underpass Film, 7 minNine tunnels under one ring road 2024
  • 04 Blinds Stills, 30 platesOffices after the last shift 2023
  • 05 Portico Print, one editionA closed library, lit for one night 2021
Five of forty projects Open the archive
Reel 2026 16:9, 25 fps 02 min 10 s
2027

Three nights are still free

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  2. Archive
  3. Film
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Archive

Every project since 2015, newest first. Films can be watched here; plates are shown small.

This year, delivered3 / 5

60%

Archive scanned82%

82%

No installations yet

We have never shown the work in a room of its own. If you have one, write.

Offer a room

SoundThe films have sound recorded on site. Headphones help.

OfflineThe 2019 film cannot be played while its scan is being redone.

No.TitlePlaceYearMinutesState
F 09Last pumpA closed coast road202612New
F 08UnderpassA ring road20247To watch
F 07Night schoolA technical college202318To watch
F 06Cold storeA harbour warehouse20229On request
F 05Car park, level 6A shopping centre202011To watch
F 04Pool hallA public bath201914Offline
F 03Signal boxA freight yard20176Cinema onlyShown from a 35 mm print. Ask us and we bring the projector.
Showing 7 of 9 films
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  2. Film
  3. Last pump
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Last pump

A filling station on a coast road that closed in 2019. The lights still come on at dusk.

F 09 / Last pump 16:9, 25 fps Plate 14 of 31

Paused04:18 / 12:06

36%
21:40, 4 degrees, no wind

Project sheet

F 09
Year
2026
Length
12 min 6 s
Shot
Nine nights in November
Format
Digital, one fixed lens
For
Our own archive
The photographerCamera, edit
The recordistSound, driving
Screening licence

One evening, one room, any number of people. We send the file a week before.

Stills for print

Thirty-one plates are cleared for editorial use with a credit.

Edition

Plate 14 as a print of 60 by 34 cm, twelve copies.

Notes from the road

Nobody has bought fuel here for seven years, and nobody has told the timer.

The road was moved inland after the cliff went. The station stayed, and so did its supply. At 17:50 in November the roof lights come on, the sign follows a minute later, and the forecourt is the brightest place for twenty kilometres.

How it was shot

One camera on one tripod, moved four times a night. The file names follow the pattern F09_n3_p14: film, night, plate.

What is in the film

  • Dusk to full dark in one take of four minutes
  • Rain on the second night, with the forecourt as a mirror
  • The sign going out at 01:00
  • Plate 03The approach

  • Plate 19The office

  • Plate 27The wash hall

Next projectThe tower
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Book a night

Tell us which building and when it is lit. We answer within three working days.

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