STICK IN THE WHEEL – ROBOT

The track Robot was inspired by Tom Cox’s short story of the same name, taken from his bestselling book Help The Witch. For this new recorded version, Stick In The Wheel asked us to make a video based on the narrative within the story.

The central character, the Robot, was assembled with LIDAR scans, its limbs and features are the bulldozers and tractors that the Hastings fishermen use to land their boats when they return from their fishing trips. We scanned buttons and grills to create a humanistic rusty structure and brought it to life.

The Hastings fishermen are totally unique – a piece of living history dating back to the 11th century, and many of the fishermen still working the local waters can trace their family trees back to its inception. Notably Europe’s largest beach-launched fleet, it’s the strongest fishing hub in the South East.