Stef Smith's Love Letter to Europe.

Hidden within the labyrinth of Edinburgh’s ancient Old Town streets, a collaboration between writer Stef Smith and artist Eleanor Meredith unfolded like a whispered secret. Love Letters to Europe was a reflection on identity, longing, and resilience, a poetic conversation projected onto history itself.

Working closely with Eleanor Meredith, we animated her delicate watercolour paintings and typography, breathing movement into her brushstrokes. Each frame carried the weight of memory and emotion, amplifying Stef Smith’s poignant words. The film was projection mapped onto a vast, time-worn door and archway, merging the ethereal beauty of the artwork with the crumbling stone, a silent witness to centuries of change. Lines from Stef Smith’s poem flickered and danced across the façade, their urgency heightened by the immersive setting.

Message from the Skies is a production for Edinburgh’s Hogmanay in collaboration with the Edinburgh International Book Festival and Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature.