Content Explorer
The Affective Digital Histories archive comprises open and publicly accessible data, including images, press cuttings, audio and video clips, and creative commissions. The materials have been digitised and catalogued by researchers at the University of Leicester and can be accessed here via the Explorer, or through the University of Leicester's own Special Collections Online.
You can explore the archive on our website in different ways; select 'Timeline' below to group materials according to date, or use the map feature to show their locations.
Showing 91 to 120 of 144 results
Colour photograph of Wimbledon House.
Colour drawing depicting Wimbledon House and Wimbeldon Works.
Curve grows, with Alexandra House and other buildings in the background. A colour photograph.
The distinctive shape of Curve's exterior begins to show. A colour photograph.
Black and white photograph of the building opposite Odeon Cinema, Rutland Street.
Black and white photograph of the building opposite Odeon Cinema, Rutland Street.
A colour photograph of Urray House, disused and dirty. Detail of the front windows.
A colour photograph of the empty space where the Curve was eventually built. Urray House has now been demolished.
A video (audio only, duration 2 minutes 1 second) of David Cole talking about his memories of the Leicester Expressive Arts organisation that was based in the Leicester United Caribbean Centre (LUCA) between 1985 and 1990. Audio ends abruptly.
Colour photograph of graffiti style artwork on the wall of Studio 79, a dance studio opposite the Phoenix car park.
Colour photograph of the entrance to Alexandra House.
Colour photograph showing detail of the moulding on Alexandra House. Elephant heads are depicted above a figurine.
Colour photograph showing the detail on Alexandra House. An Atlantes figurine supports a bracket on the main cornice. A letter F is depicted above.
Colour photograph of Alexandra House. Atlantes figurines support the brackets on the main cornice.
Colour photograph of Alexandra House.
Colour photograph of Alexandra House. The Athena can be glimpsed to the right of the photograph.
An early photograph of Alexandra House.
Collection of photographs of Alexandra House.
Colour photograph of the interior of Alexandra House.
Colour photograph of the interior of Alexandra House.
Colour photograph of the interior of Alexandra House.
Colour photograph showing the detail of the roof of Alexandra House.
Colour photograph showing the detail of the roof of Alexandra House.
Black and white photograph of Alexandra House. Photograph commissioned by Carol Leeming to accompany her choreopoem.
11 second sound recording of a toilet flushing.
A 1 minute 35 second sound recording of a van being loaded at Phoenix Arts.
20 second recording of the sound of someone walking on gravel.
Colour photograph of Deuce House, from the corner at Southampton Street and Wimbledon Street.
Black and white photograph of the Pfister and Vogel Warehouse, built in 1923.
Colour photograph showing some of the ornate decoration on the Pfister and Vogel warehouse.