Ghost Notes: Portrait of Punk in Derby

Commissioned by FORMAT Festival, Deda and Derby QUAD for "Dancing Through Time," Ghost Notes examines how punk culture endures in Derby as both historical movement and living force. Through stills and audio art, the project documents punk's evolution across generations while maintaining its DIY ethos. By focusing on figures like Maggie, who fostered creativity, and Joey, who carries the torch forward, it reveals punk as a complex social ecosystem where people create meaning through shared practices and spaces that have shaped Derby's identity for nearly fifty years.

Ghost Notes examines how punk culture endures in Derby as both a historical movement and a living force. Commissioned by FORMAT Festival and Derby QUAD for "Dancing Through Time," this series captures Derby's punk legacy through portraits and oral histories, revealing how its DIY ethos evolves while maintaining core values of creative resistance. This project reveals how culture is more than music or aesthetics—it's a complex social ecosystem where people create meaning through shared practices.

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